I Samuel 17:8-51 David and his Battle
- Don’t ignore (Vs 8-11, 25-32)
- Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. 11 When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel. As soon as the Israelite army saw him, they began to run away in fright. 25 “Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”
- It’s won’t go away
- Face it sooner rather than later
- Be willing to fight
- Don’t forget the past. (vs 34-37)
- I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
- Lam 3:21-23Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
- David recall the past to advance the future
- Don’t use the unfamiliar(vs 38-49)
- Saul stuff was right
- Use what you know
- Sling and stones
- Finish the job(vs 50-51)
- 51 Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head.
- Don’t be happy with a knockdown
- Put it to death
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