THE SCENE: High 60’s, 94% humidity. A great morning to sweat and sharpen some iron!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH 4ct IC
10 burpees
5 cherry pickers
10 burpees
10 windmills
THA-THANG:
3 rounds:
10 CMU curls
10 CMU overhead extensions
10 CMU mowers – each arm
10 Lion Kings (David first killed a lion)
10 burpees
Indian run to base of Matterhorn
3 rounds:
10 merkins
10 BBS
10 squats
Bear crawl (1st round) to Backbone
(David also took on a Bear)
5 pull-ups
5 toes to bar
5 chin-ups
5 knees to chest
Run to summit
10 burpees
Run back to base
Indian run back to AO
MARY:
10 burpees (that makes 100!)
25 hello Dolly’s 4ct IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Abacus, Biscuits, Homebody, Junk, La-Z-Boy, Snitch, Turtle, Waxjob, Yo-Yo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We all know the story of David and Goliath. And I feel like 100 burpees mixed with the Matterhorn is worthy of being called a Goliath. Goliath was a giant of a man, standing 9 ft tall. He was a seasoned, battle-hardened warrior. His spear was longer than David was tall. His shield weighed more than David. The Israelite army trembled in fear of this beast who, every day for 40 days, would come out and taunt them, challenge them, ridicule and slander both them and their God. Our God. Even King Saul was too afraid to challenge the giant, instead offering great rewards to the man who did.
Enter David. We all know about David the king, but let’s look at him at this point in time. He was the 8th and youngest son of Jesse. He was the smallest, the weakest, the least significant of all his brothers. He was relegated to be a farmer and tend the flocks as his brothers were fighting in Israel’s army. He was such an afterthought that he didn’t even make the initial lineup when the prophet Samuel, led by God, came to anoint one of Jesse’s sons as the next king of Israel. They had to go call him in from the fields. Even Samuel himself didn’t think that it would be David.
So David the shepherd, in his late teens or early 20’s, is sent by his father, Jesse, to deliver food and provisions to his brothers on the front lines. He arrives and hears Goliath insulting and slandering God and is overcome with righteous anger and asks why no one has stood up to this man for God’s glory. His brother gets angry and rebukes him. But David, standing for the Lord, presses on and confronts King Saul. Saul offers this young boy his armor and sword, likely the best equipment in all of Israel. David refuses, choosing only a few river stones and his sling instead. This boy, having already killed a lion and a bear barehanded, walks out onto the battlefield, dressed in shepherd’s rags and carrying a slingshot. Goliath laughs at him and ridicules him. But David, standing firm in his faith and fighting for our God and His glory, slaughtered the giant with a single stone.
Goliath takes many forms today, including the 100 burpees we just tackled. It could be that you’re facing an illness, work stress, family struggles, addiction, whether it’s substance or porn or even just comfort (we don’t like to step out of our comfort zones very often, guilty here too). It may not be one single thing. It may be a bunch of little things that, stacked up, take on the form of this giant. But whatever it is, whatever you’re facing, remember that you aren’t facing it alone. You have a power in you that cannot be shaken, cannot be uprooted, that cannot fail. If you stand firm in your faith, if you are being obedient, if you are fighting for Him and the glory of His kingdom, all you have to do is call out to Him. He will come meet you where you are. No matter who you are, where you’ve been, what you’ve done, whether you’re the greatest or the least of your clan. Stand for Him. Fight for Him. Lean into Him. He will lead you to victory. That’s my encouragement and my challenge to you. Our God is greater than anything else out there. He is the one true God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Whatever is your Goliath, stand for Him and all else will fall into place.
MOLESKIN:
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