Bug guy bullies little guy. It's a timeless storyline to which we can all relate. We've all been threatened by giant-sized problems. But as they say, it's not the size of dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. In the classic story of David and Goliath, we can learn that it's the size of our God that really brings about the greatest victories. The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. 1 Samuel 17:3 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. 1 Samuel 17:4
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. 1 Samuel 17:4
Choose a man and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us. 1 Samuel 17:8-9... just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28 On hearing the Philistine s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. 1 Samuel 17:11 Now Jesse said to his son David, Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. 1 Samuel 17:17 As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. 1 Samuel 17:23-24 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? 1 Samuel 17:26 When Eliab, David s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger... I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle. Now what have I done? said David. Can t I even speak? 1 Samuel 17:28-29 David said to Saul, Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him. Saul replied, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth. 1 Samuel 17:32-33 But David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeping his father s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 1 Samuel 17:34-35
As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly towards the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground. 1 Samuel 17:48-49 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. 1 Samuel 17:51 Everything in the heavens and on earth is Yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom. We adore You as the One Who is over all things. 1 Chronicles 29:11 Put your sword back in its place ; Jesus said to him, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Matthew 26:52 I give you a new Law. You are to love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you. If you love each other, all men will know you are My followers. John 13:34-35