Persevering With Tenacity Through the Giants We Face

There are seasons when the path ahead feels impossibly heavy, when the obstacles rise like giants and the enemy whispers that we will never make it through. But every now and then, God allows us to stand on the other side of a battle and see what perseverance, faith, and holy tenacity can accomplish. Today was one of those days for me.

When the cover of my first book arrived today, ("No Worse for the Wear- Sparrow"), I held it in my hands and felt the weight of every step it took to get here — the prayers, the tears, the resistance, the spiritual warfare, the quiet moments when quitting seemed easier than continuing. And yet, just like David standing over Goliath, I realized the giant was never bigger than God. The victory was already written; I simply had to keep walking toward it.

David didn’t win because he was the strongest or the most qualified. He didn’t win because he had the right armor or the right training. He won because he refused to back down from the calling God placed on him. He ran toward the giant with a sling, a stone, and a history with God — and that was enough.

That’s what perseverance looks like: not the absence of fear, but the refusal to surrender to it.

Our giants today may not wear armor or carry spears, but they stand before us all the same. Sometimes they look like delays that stretch longer than we expected. Sometimes they look like opposition that tries to silence our voice. Sometimes they look like weariness that settles into our bones or self‑doubt that whispers we’re unworthy of the calling on our lives. But giants fall the same way they always have — through faith, obedience, and the courage to take one more step when everything in us wants to stop.

Tenacity is not striving. It’s not pushing in our own strength. It’s the quiet, steady decision to keep showing up with what God placed in our hands, trusting that He will guide the stone. Every chapter written, every prayer whispered, every moment of choosing to continue — these become the stones in the sling. And when the moment comes, God directs them exactly where they need to go.

Today’s victory — this book cover, this milestone, this breakthrough — is not the end of the journey. It’s a marker on the path, a reminder that God is faithful and that perseverance produces fruit in due season. David didn’t stop being a shepherd, a worshiper, or a warrior after Goliath fell. He simply stepped into the next thing God had prepared. And so do we.

If you’re facing a giant right now, hear this: you are not outmatched. You are not overlooked. You are not fighting alone. The same God who guided David’s stone is guiding your steps. Keep walking. Keep believing. Keep showing up with what you have. Your giant will fall — and when it does, you’ll see that every step of perseverance was worth it.