Goliath Must Fall
Our kids face more pressure and stress than ever before. Issues such as fear, jealousy, loneliness, and anxiety seem like giants standing in the way of the joy-filled childhood and adolescence we want them to have. In Goliath Must Fall for Young Readers, pastor Louie Giglio shows kids that only God can help them defeat those giants—and He will.
About the Author:
Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Original Visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus.
Review:
Goliath Must Fall is a beautiful take on typology, written for children of the age of 8-12. I love how in this story Giglio was able to write this story in a way that 8-12-year-olds would understand, but in the same way, adults and teens would also be able to learn about God’s love for them and how to combat their sin with the Word.
This book is very clear and well written. Giglio at the beginning of the book lays out all of the points that he is going to make in the book and he does exactly that. While this book is a young readers version of his book written for adults, Giglio in no way talks down to the readers of this book. Rather he chooses to use examples that a child would understand. Such as he makes a point that no matter your age, you can struggle with addiction. While many of us associate addiction with that of drinking, Giglio makes a point to show children that you can be addicted to YouTube or video games. This is a huge point that I feel has often fallen through the cracks. Because they are children we often fail to first address their sin and second address their heart. Rather we just put them in time out or let their addiction grow, because they are a child.
I love the imagery Giglio uses in his books. Giglio made a point that I had never pieced together before reading this book;
When we read the story of David and Goliath and try to apply it to our lives, we have to remember that the twist I mentioned earlier in the book-we aren’t David in the story. Jesus is.
Page 147
I feel that I have always thought that we are supposed to be like David. We should put our faith in the Lord and defeat Goliath. I have always thought that while Jesus is the real hero of the story, we are to be a hero also. I totally misunderstood the true meaning of this story until I read this book. Giglio also proves this by saying;
Goliath was taken down by a shepherd, which is interesting because Jesus himself calls Himself our Shepherd many times in the Bible.
Page 147
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I felt as though Giglio was trying to stretch the story of David and Goliath. I felt as though this book should not have been written this book on the different sins we struggle with and how to overcome them. At times I felt like Giglio was trying to make a point about defeating Goliath that was not there. That being said I loved how much this book was able to teach me. I thought that in reviewing this book I would not learn much because this book is not written for my age group, but I was wrong.
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
