A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: ONE SLING SHOT WILL DO P/6

 

                               

A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

                   ONE SLING SHOT WILL DO

                                      PART VI                                                                                                   

"I, David, youngest son of Jesse, have just now arrived at the battle field of the Israeli army and the Philistine army... I have not come here to join the army... For I am a shepherd and not a soldier... But I have come here at the direction of my father Jesse... He asked me to visit my brothers who are soldiers in the Israeli army..... They are here in the Valley of Elah as part of the Israeli army... I managed to find my brothers... They were quite surprised to see me... So I told them I had come because our father wants to make sure they have enough food supplies to last them for the battle...I was still talking with them when I heard someone shouting... It came from the direction of the Philistine army....It was a shout unlike any other shout I have ever heard in my life.... To my shock and horror the Israeli army began to run in fear....What are they doing running away?"... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that David heard the shout of a loud Philistine when he is visiting his brothers....

 

                 ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                              ONE SLING SHOT WILL DO

                                                            PART VI 

While David, the youngest son of Jesse is talking with his brothers who are soldiers in the Israeli army that is fighting against the Philistine army in the Valley of Elah, a huge man appeared on the scene; the Philistine giant named Goliath as you can read in 1Samuel 17:23-24

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. When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in fear.

David hears Goliath for God has made certain that David does not appear too late or too early but arrives at the right time when Goliath steps forward to shout his usual defiance. The other Israelites hear Goliath as well and they run out of fear. But David is not one of the soldiers who runs away. He is a shepherd who knows his God and who has seen God do mighty things.