
David and the Heart of God - Week 2: The Battle
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Scripture: 1 Samuel 17-51, Ephesians 6:10, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Corinthians 15:57.
Today’s story is the most familiar, famous and well-known battle in the Old Testament - David and Goliath - but is there still something we can learn from a story we know so well?
This is a battle between Goliath and the Philistines and the Israelite army. Goliath challenges them every day for 40 days: “send a man to battle me, if I kill him you become our slaves and if your man kills me we will become your slaves.”
40 days are significant in the Bible - it is a time of preparation and renewal that at its end brings forth mighty things from God.
On the 41st day of the challenge - David arrives with food for his brothers and others in the army and he learns of Goliath’s challenge. David is in his teens - younger than age 20 and he arrives at a critical moment. He is concerned for God’s honor. Seeing this challenge as a spiritual battle, he speaks bravely. His brothers ridicule him - yet he says he will take Goliath on.
To King Saul, David shares stories of past bravery and says the Lord will rescue him from the hand of Goliath. David is Spirit-filled, knows his strength is in God alone, is confident and bold and recognized it is God who saves. David trusts the Lord who delivered him in the past to deliver him again.
So Saul tells David to fight Goliath and he outfits David in his armor but David takes it all off as he’s never worn anything like that before.
Comparisons:
⁃ David a young teen and untrained in battle vs Goliath a well trained warrior
⁃ David is of small stature vs Goliath who stood at 9 feet 9 inches tall
⁃ David is dressed in a shepherd’s simple clothing vs Goliath with a bronze helmet wearing 125 pounds of body armor
⁃ David’s weapons were his shepherd’s staff, a slingshot and 5 smooth stones vs Goliath carrying a 15 pound spear plus a javelin.
And David goes out to meet Goliath and says, ‘you come against us with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the Name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the Armies of Israel and this day the Lord will deliver you into my hands - I will strike you down and cut off your head for the battle is the Lord’s and He will give all of you into our hands.”
David runs toward Goliath and slings a stone hitting Goliath in the head and Goliath falls down dead.
This is not simply an historic battle record - it is clear insight into what the New Testament describes as spiritual realities.
Spiritual Realities
⁃ Spiritual warfare - life is a battle but we know God wins.
⁃ Spiritual weapons - we put on the armor of God: prayer, the Name of Jesus, God’s word, daily filling of the Holy Spirit
⁃ Spiritual victory - is in Christ Jesus.
From this familiar story we are to learn we are to be familiar with the lessons that
⁃ We are in the midst of a battle
⁃ The Lord provides strength to triumph through faith in Jesus Christ.
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