
In I Samuel 17, David pulls up to the battlefield, just bringing food to his brothers who’ve been fighting, and asks an innocent question—“Who does this Goliath guy think he is?” But before he can even get an answer, one of his brothers—the very one he came to help—snaps at him. Offended and misunderstood, David faces the temptation to respond in anger. Many of us would’ve had something to say back, but instead, Scripture says David turned away. He refused to let the anger projected onto him take root in his own heart. This week, as we kick off our new series Still Standing: Stability in All Seasons, we’ll talk about how to do the same—how to make the turn when anger tries to consume us, and how choosing peace positions us for victory.