For a second day in a row, I showed my wife Linda the picture I had
selected for my posting and like yesterday she made a good suggestion:
"It reminds me of David and Goliath" she said. And I agree. Now, the
passage from 1st Samuel is interesting; and even though I have
emboldened the latter part of the story, make sure that you read that
first part!
1 Samuel 17:21-51 NASB
(21) Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.
(22) Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.
(23) As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them.
(24) When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.
(25) The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel."
(26) Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?"
(27) The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."
(28) Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."
(29) But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?"
(30) Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before.
(31) When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.
(32) David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
(33) Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."
(34) But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
(35) I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
(36) "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God."
(37) And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."
(38) Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.
(39) David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." And David took them off.
(40) He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
(41) Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.
(42) When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
(43) The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
(44) The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field."
(45) Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.
(46) "This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
(47) and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands."
(48) Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
(49) And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
(50) Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand.
(51) Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
(21) Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.
(22) Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.
(23) As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them.
(24) When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.
(25) The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel."
(26) Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?"
(27) The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."
(28) Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."
(29) But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?"
(30) Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before.
(31) When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.
(32) David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
(33) Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."
(34) But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
(35) I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
(36) "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God."
(37) And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."
(38) Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.
(39) David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." And David took them off.
(40) He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
(41) Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.
(42) When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
(43) The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
(44) The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field."
(45) Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.
(46) "This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
(47) and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands."
(48) Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
(49) And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
(50) Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand.
(51) Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
Again, notice that first part. Beginning with verse 28, David made
confident statements about what God had done for him in the past and
what HE would do for him concerning this arrogant Philistine. Then in verse 45 David actually goes to battle with Goliath and WINS!!! Victory! And this brings to mind MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE...
1 Peter 5:8-9 NASB
(8) Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
(9) But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
(8) Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
(9) But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
David was not just someone who talked, David resisted resisted evil- and WON; so did those in the 1st Century. So can we!!! And NO, size does not matter; God is bigger than anything the evil one can throw at us. Even if we should die in our conflict with evil- WE WIN BECAUSE HEAVEN AWAITS!!!
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