Tuesday, March 27, 2007

David and Goliath

The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 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." 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. "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, 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."(1 Samuel 17:43-47)

This may quite possibly be the coolest dialogue in the Bible. "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" "You come to with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts..." It is just great.
It is worth mentioning during Lent that David exhibited tremendous confidence in the Lord and remained humble. The Lord was going to defeat Goliath and David simply trusted Him. God prepared David for this battle by giving Him the experience of fighting lions and bears. So, this trust was learned and David's faith proved true in the past.

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