DAVID AND GOLIATH
02 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
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Just think about this ;
This was the sermon from today , an awesome lesson…DAVID AND GOLIATH
Because he was such a huge, fearsome man, Goliath was very bold. He stood on the mountain across from the Israelites and cried to the armies of Israel saying, “Why are you out here all ready to have a battle? Am I not a Philistine and aren’t you Israelites the servants of Saul? Pick a man from your army and let him come down here to me. I’m ready to fight. If your man can kill me, we Philistines will be your servants. But if I prevail against him, and kill him, you Israelites will be our servants.” Goliath kept saying this every morning and every evening for forty days.
Doesn’t this ring a bell , Just like satan tempted our Lord 40 days and 40 nights and had to listen to satan rant and rave , never stoping just going on and on.. but through it all our Savior with stood the test just as David did, here’s a young boy who loves the Lord, and can’t stand to listen to this philstine run his mouth about his Lord, belittle God’s chosen people. He knew someone had to take a stand.
David went on;
So David got up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and went to the valley of Elah as his father had commanded him. When he got there, the Philistines and the Israelites were about to fight. David got out of his carriage and the man who was driving stayed with the carriage. David ran to the Israelite army and saluted his brothers. As he talked with them, Goliath started shouting again and daring someone to fight with him. David heard him. All the soldiers got really scared and fled away running as fast as they could. What a sight that was!
After things had settled down, the soldiers said to David, “Did you see that man that came up here? His name is Goliath. He is defying Israel. If any man kills Goliath, King Saul will give him great riches and will give the man his daughter to marry and will make that man’s family free in Israel.”
David was thinking hard about this. He asked, “What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine Goliath and takes away the reproach from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistien that he should defy the armies of the living God? Who does he think he is any way?” David knew that God was on the side of the Israelites and that they shouldn’t be afraid of Goliath because God could easily take care of him.
The men responded and said, “Just like we told you, the man that kills Goliath will have those things.”
But when David’s older brother Eliab heard David talking about Goliath, Eliab got angry. “Why did you come here? And who did you leave those sheep with in the wilderness? I know thy pride and thy naughtiness! You came down here so that you could see the battle!”
Now see David’s oldest brother most likely was feeling like this little squirt is going to go back and tell father we are not doing anything….but this was not the truth…read on
David responded saying, “What have I done now? Am I not justified in what I am saying? Am I not right?” David turned and continued talking to the people about Goliath.
Now I beleive the Lord had already prepared David to face the Gaint, just like he would help you and I face our Gaints- if we only would look to the Lord ! Now David looks back at what the Lord as done in the past for him, he knows where his strength lyes, he was already a conquorer before he ever stuck Goliath…what faith, what boldness, what leadership !
Read on…
When David’s words got around the camp, some people told King Saul about David. King Saul sent for David. When David saw the king, he told him, “Don’t let anybody be worried any longer, I will go and fight the Philistine.”
Saul said, “You can’t fight against Goliath for you are young and Goliath is an experienced warrior. Goliath has been a warrior since he was a youth.”
David replied, “I kept my father’s sheep and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock. I went out after him and hit him and took the lamb out of his mouth. When the animal got up to harm me, I took him by the beard and hit him and killed him. Thy servant has killed both a lion and a bear. And this Philistine is going to be just like one of those animals since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
David continued, “The LORD that saved and delivered me out of the claws of the lion and out of the claws of the bear will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine named Goliath.
Now here the King saw that David was serious , he wasn’t playing…and here I would like to add a point my Pastor made today and I believe he was right —Look at King Saul – who was demostrating – he was powerless over this giant who was 9ft 9in tall and took the opportunity to try to save His Pride by encouraging David to go and maybe he was thinking he would let him go out there as a proxy– wearing His clothing-His armor, maybe he the King was thinking-everyone might think this is the King, just think out of the box for a second, But here we in Our lives we need to think who are we recieving help from ! What is their motive , when someone who is willing to help us do something they are not willing to do them self… wolf’s coming in sheeps clothing ?
But thank GOd , Daivd knew where his strength and sheild came from –he knew it came not from man , but it came directly from the Lord…this makes me think of a scripture that says -some trust in horses and some trust in chariots,but I put my trust in the name of Our God. This is exactly what we need to do……read on,
Saul was convinced. He said, “Go, and the LORD be with thee.” So King Saul put his own personal armour on David, and put a brass helmet on his head. David also put on Saul’s sword. But David decided not to wear any of it. He said, “I cannot fight with these things. I’ve never used them before.” So David took it all off. Then he took his staff and chose five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in his shepherd’s bag. He also had his slingshot in his hand.
The time had come. David he walked toward Goliath the Philistine. Goliath started walking towards David. There was a man in front of Goliath who carried a shield for him. When Goliath got close enough to see David, he got upset because David was just a young person. He looked at David’s staff and slingshot and said, “Am I a dog that you come to beat me with sticks?” Goliath began to curse David by his pagan gods. “Come here and I will give your flesh to the birds and other animals,” Goliath roared.
But David was bold in the Lord! He said to Goliath,
“Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.”
Then Goliath was red hot mad! He came towards David. But David was ready because his God was on his side! David RAN straight towards Goliath! David was ready to do some business! David put his hand in his sheperd’s bag and took out a stone and put it in his slingshot. He slang it and hit Goliath right in his forehead and the stone sunk into Goliath head. Goliath fell on face. David killed that mighty warrior with a sling shot! Then David ran, and stood on top of Goliath and took his sword out of it’s sheath and cut off Goliath’s head.
When the Philistines saw that their champion Goliath was dead, they fled and the Iraelites chased them down and wounded them. After the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they took the spoils of the Philistines. David took Goliath’s head and brought it to Jeruselem but he kept his armour.
King Saul was so impressed with the bravery of David that he did not let him go home to his father’s house.
Today,I learnt i can always put my faith in the Lord , and Trust in him when i have to face Giants , he will be right there with me. But here I must also say, seek the Lord in what you are to do, never move without his direction and guidence. Wait on the the to give you the uction to go- now is the time….you will know it’s the Lord he will lead you , look to him always, God bless you, Jackie
