For us, our response to the image of the severed head should be to praise God for what he has done. We can look at the head of the giant and realize once and for all that the giant doesn’t hold any more power over us. We don’t need to be afraid of that gross and gruesome hunk of bloody flesh. We can say with confidence, “Hey, this thing used to harass me. But—praise God—it’s just a skull with some meat on it now. The giant doesn’t harass me anymore!”

