There is very little I haven’t heard before. Max Lucado very rarely brings anything new to the table. This is how we should live our own lives, with our focus on the Master, on the one who sits upon the throne and guarantees our success if we just trust in Him. Lucado cleverly and effectively shows that David’s focus was on God, not the towering threat that loomed over him. In the beginning of the book, Lucado the word-smith paints a portrait of tiny David and how he stood firm against a nine-foot giant, against all odds, in the midst of others’ doubt, and dropped the behemoth with one stone hurled from a sling, the simplest of weapons. He uses the life of David to vividly illustrate this truth. Whatever it may be we all have giant hovering over us in our way. As usual he chooses a catchy theme for Christians to follow.Too often in our lives, we focus on the overwhelming stresses in our lives, fear, failure, doubt, a shady past, etc. While most of the chapters are each a self contained lesson it does permit us to how one event lead to another. The book works as small biography, showing us chronologically how the events in David’s life happened. some describe his weakness all describe a truly incredible life.Lucado is known for his encouraging books, and this book is no exception. David, first King of Israel, has been the subject of untold works of art, painting, sculpture, cinema, poetry, and prose, from Michelangelo to Bible cartoons. He is a Biblical figure whom God himself proclaimed “a man after his own heart” (Samuel 13:14). In Facing Your Giants, the author Max Lucado impresses once again with his devotional style study of the life of David with his failures and successes. Overall, Facing Your Giants is an encouraging and helpful “applicational biography” of a very famous life. The truths presented are all Biblical and God-centered, although he sometimes draws out a point he wants to make a bit beyond where the Bible actually points.There are some helpful study questions with practical applications in the back of the book.
With each glimpse into David’s strengths and weaknesses Lucado winsomely shows how we can apply insights from his life to our own. Each chapter of the book is a chapter from David’s life, from his encounter with Goliath to his life on the lam to his victories to his downfall with Bathsheba. Some describe his greatness some describe his weakness all describe a truly incredible life.But what does David’s life mean to me, today, in the midst of the pressures and pain of the 21st century? That is the subject of this great read by Max Lucado. David, first King of Israel, has been the subject of untold works of art: painting, sculpture, cinema, poetry, and prose, from Michangelo to Veggie Tales.
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