Faith's Power
David said to the Philistine, "You come against me 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, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head."
1 Samuel 17:45-46a
Wimp. Weakling. Baby. All his life, David had had to put up with his older brothers' banter just because he was the youngest in the family. Little did they know that he would one day become the most revered man in all of the land, and eventually, the King of Israel. David achieved these things by having one small thing that not one of them had: faith. David's faith in God was so great that when his brothers and all the rest of the Israeli army quivered in their boots, he mustered up enough courage to challenge and ultimately defeat Goliath, the nine foot tall giant of Gath (1 Samuel 17:4). David, in all his glory of victory, became the perfect representation of an unlikely hero, and serves as an excellent example to all Christians of one of great trust in the Lord God. In fact, the story of David and Goliath embodies, in whole, the main Christian belief that if one puts his or her full faith in God, great things can be accomplished.
The story of David and Goliath begins as the nine foot tall giant lurches forward once again to make his "usual" defiance to the pathetic Israeli army (1 Samuel 17:23). "Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have 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). The Israel ...