Do Not lose Heart

8. July 2009 by Bernice Davis.

Hello:

Our text today is as follows:

I Samuel 17:31 What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him. 32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” 33 Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth.” 34 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, 35 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. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.” 38 Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.  

The story picks up from yesterday when David’s brother rebuked him for asking about what would happen for the man that slays Goliath.    In today’s text, David’s inquiry reached King Saul and Saul sent for him.   David ministered to the King and told him that there was no reason for the people of God to loose heart on account of this Philistine. 

Saul was surprised at David’s answer and said that he was just a boy and this Philistine has been a fighting man from his youth.   Saul told David that he could not defeat this giant.

David told Saul that he tended his father’s sheep and he had killed both a lion and a bear and this Philistine will be as one of them.  

I was so touched today when I read this.    David just believed God.   He was young and innocence and in his youth he was able to understand his special relationship with God and how he did not have to be afraid of the enemy.   

Wow!!!!!!!!!!  Sometimes we just think too much and we end up thinking ourselves into doubt and unbelief when what we really need to go back to is the innocence of believing as young children do.

It is often said that many of the psalms that were accredited to having been written by David were done while he was growing up tending his father’s sheep as a shepherd boy.   David was building a relationship with God that has equipped him mentally to the point where he is probably the only one in Israel that does not fear this giant.

Fear, intimidation, ………..  they are major hindrances in our walk with God.   Most times we fear things that will never even happen.     God has already worked out a plan for our deliverance and instead of concentrating on the blessing, we focus on the doom we think the situation is going to bring.

Saul finally agrees to let David fight Goliath and he gives David his armor.    When David puts it on, he realizes that it is way too big and David declines use of it because that is not what he is accustomed to wearing.

Tomorrow, we will continue our story of how David defeats Goliath. 

Stay encouraged and don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily.

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