Person: David
Reading:1 Sam. 17:12-51
Symbols: slingshot, 6-pointed star
Who doesn't love the story of David and Goliath? It's the ultimate nerd vs. bully story in which the nerd wins.
But David was hardly a nerd, just a young man who had been chosen by God and anointed by Samuel. In God's perfect plan, the Savior would be born of David's lineage.
Look closer at the story...David agreed to fight Goliath because Goliath had spoken ill of the armies of the Living God, our God, the Father. David had already proven brave against a lion and a bear, so really, a giant with no claws or fangs probably didn't seem all that frightening. David must have known that God's helping hand would be with him, that Goliath would be 'delivered into his hand' because 'the battle is the Lord's"(47).
Are we fighting a good fight? Do our 'Goliath's' taunt us into corners or do we fling stones of the Lord into the foreheads of giant troubles? Haven't we been anointed into our faith by our baptism and confirmation? Are we listening to the gift of the Holy Spirit so we have God's word in our heart and his spirit by our side, telling us what the good fight is?
Are we preparing for Jesus' coming or are we focusing on our shopping?
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