I was listening to a talk today by Chris Brady in which he spoke about the history of David and Goliath. One of the thoughts that stuck a chord in my mind is when he spoke about there being a reward for defeating Goliath, specifically no taxes, great riches, and getting promised the Kings daughter in marriage. While this is in and of itself pretty neat, I wonder if we could take it to the metaphysical for a few moments. Since the time of that epic contest people have refered to difficult tasks as Goliaths in their life. This is quite telling since not one of the Israelites even thought they could overcome the giant, even with the offer of such a great reward. Then along comes the Rascal David. Here is someone that looked at the situation differently. He saw the dread of the situation. The Philistines were going to rape and pillage Israel, destroying all her people (at least that was the goal). David also saw the dream when he overheard what King Saul was offering any potential champion. So to do we need to look at the goals we have for ourselves. Every person has some sort of thing they would like to see come to fruition (no matter how deeply they may have buried it in their heart). A dream, desire, and/or dread will do one of two things to each person. It will drive them to action, or it will "cook them in the squat". If we will take no action it is as though we were a muffin that failed to rise, it was cooked in the squat. The muffin was ready to jump up and rise but it hardened before it could make the launch. If we ignore our 3 D's or do not take action with them that is our destiny. With every dream, however, we see that there are great rewards in all levels of motivation. Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady spoke about the three levels of motivation on their book Launching a Leadership Revolution. The most superficial is material things such as cars, houses, money, things of that nature. This is an integral part of motivation and will get some people to do what they normally would not do. However, often the deeper levels are necessary which are Respect/Recognition and finally Legacy or what your name will represent after you pass from this life. The rewards offered by King Saul fall directly or indirectly into all three levels of motivation. There was material in the Riches, Respect and recognition in not paying taxes, and Legacy in what would come of the marriage to the daughter. Taking this and applying it to our own lives we are able to apply the motivation in our life so we can overcome our Goliaths as they come. For us and our metaphysical exploration we will have multiple Goliaths, which will also necessitate additional throttling points for our 3 D's. If a new dream, dread, or desire is not constantly kept in the front of our mind we will stagnate and lose ground. There is no standing still in life. We must move forward, in reverse, or backwards. The King has offered the rewards, it is up to each of us to go out to the battle and fight for them.
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