This is one of the most famous of all Biblical stories: David versus Goliath. I love this story because of how it shows what God can do through people, and how He prevails all the time, and so forth. But then as I read I think, "Man, these Bible stories can seem barbarous sometimes!" Really, why did God work in such barbaric ways back in the biblical days? We know that today, he doesn't deal with people like that? All we hear about today is the God of Grace and the God of Love; never the God who will help me kill giants!
I think the answer to that lies in the fact that God was dealing with barbaric people. Therefore, for Him to get the glory, He had to deal with them in different ways. Today, when we hear of miracles, or peace, or something along those line, we give God the glory. Then, however, they gave God the glory in battle, and in fights, and so forth. It wasn't so much that God hated Goliath so bad that He wanted David to just go and slaughter Him - no, Goliath was created by Him too! It was just that Goliath was mocking Him and defiling Him, so He chose to rid Goliath so that everyone else could see that He was the living God! And for Him to do that, He had to show them that it HAD to be Him doing it. So, he took a kid (probably 13 or 14) and a sling shot and defeated this nine foot tall guy in one shot! He figured that should show them, and it did! From that point on, everyone knew who David was and many wanted to know who David's God was!
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