The Meaning Of Life

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Noah’s ark.

Moses parting the Red Sea.

The Walls of Jericho.

Samson and Delilah.

And now, David and Goliath.

These were all famous Bible Stories told to children, I assume they were picked because they could turn the story into something entertaining for children. Children wouldn’t have been particularly interested in a man named Japhath who had to kill his own daughter over a vow to God. Just the opposite, that story would have been terrifying for a child. But David and Goliath…a young boy killing a giant with a slingshot?! Now, we’re talking.

But the story of David and Goliath isn’t just about a young boy who was good with a sling, or was a dead-eye with rocks, or who was brave enough to fight a giant, it’s a story about faith. Yes, David was a young boy, likely a teenager. And the reason his story is relevant is because he had faith. He had faith that his God was with him, would protect him from everything, and would be with him in battle, even against a giant. And he had this face when the entire Israeli Army, lead by Saul, were afraid and not even consulting with God.

It not hard…even today I find myself facing great struggles, and I have to stop and remember that I haven’t began to confer with God yet, to pray about my troubles and ask Him to lead me through them. I try to face them on my own, and sadly, I don’t have the power to handle all of my troubles. And then I become angry because of my inadequacies, then I begin to worry, and get stressed out, and take on every character that is pleasing to Satan. Satan doesn’t want me to rely on God. And if I would just relax, pray to God and ask Him for His guidance, life would be much, much better.

And if Saul and his army had have just stopped, prayed to God asking Him for guidance, they would have been much better off as well. Had they turned to Him, He would have told them that He was with them, to not fear, and to head to battle, just like He had done many times before and will in the future.

David didn’t have to pray…David was a godly man who knew God was on his side, who knew God was loving, faithful to His children, and all powerful, powerful enough to give a young boy the power to launch a rock at a giant and hit him in the forehead and kill him.

It is important to note that Goliath was a giant, there were giants in those days. And contrary to popular belief, I don’t believe giants were created by angels mating with humans. Angels are spiritual beings; yes, the spirit of an angel may temporarily fill the body of a human causing them to carry out an act of sacrifice or an act of kindness, but I don’t believe a spiritual angel has the ability to mate with a human being…just saying. I believe giants lived in those days; Adam even lived to be over 900 years old (I think it was 950, but don’t bet on that, that may have been Methuselah), but sin has shortened not only our lives but our height as well. In the days of Goliath however, there were still some giants left. (Remember when Moses sent scouts to the promised land to learn about it, and ten of the twelve came back saying the land was full of giants and there was no way the children of Israel could defeat them? And only Joshua and Caleb came back with the faith to enter and overcome the Canaanites.) So yes, there were giants in those days…don’t ask me when there stopped being giants as I don’t know the answer to that.

And Goliath was a Philistine from Gath, a city in Philistia, the name of which we’ve heard before and will hear again. And Goliath, as you can read, would come to the middle of the battlefield and bellow, challenging the children of Israel to war, but the children of Israel had no faith and were too scared to go to war. But along came David, who had the faith of a mustard seed, and heard Goliath, and was puzzled as to why everyone was afraid of him. Goliath was big, but our God is bigger, and our God can defeat anyone! And keep that in mind, because God can even defeat Satan, and He will!

And not only did David have faith in God that he could defeat Goliath, his faith was so big, he actually ran towards the Philistine army!

And so the story of David begins. Just a youth who slew a giant, but he did so with faith in his God, faith that showed that even as a teen, he was already on his way to being a godly man. Scripture doesn’t say how godly David’s father Jesse and the rest of his family were, but they no doubt had some influence on David.

And while David was a sinner, as we all are, he turned out to be one of God’s greatest allies. From a teen who killed a giant, to a King that ruled over Israel.