1 Samuel 17:1-58 Anyone who knows anything about the ... - Kairos
1 Samuel 17:1-58 Anyone who knows anything about the ... - Kairos
1 Samuel 17:1-58 Anyone who knows anything about the ... - Kairos
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"When <strong>the</strong> words which David spoke were heard, <strong>the</strong>y told <strong>the</strong>m to Saul,<br />
and he sent for him." (I <strong>Samuel</strong> <strong>17</strong>:31, NASB)<br />
You can't really appreciate this kid until you see where he came from. There<br />
is a progression in David's life that is really beautiful to <strong>the</strong> home.<br />
When we first read <strong>about</strong> David in verse 15, we find - "But David went back<br />
and forth from Saul to tend his fa<strong>the</strong>r's flock at Bethlehem. (I <strong>Samuel</strong> <strong>17</strong>:15,<br />
NASB)<br />
The we read in verse <strong>17</strong>, "Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for<br />
your bro<strong>the</strong>rs an ephah of this roasted grain and <strong>the</strong>se ten loaves and run to<br />
<strong>the</strong> camp to your bro<strong>the</strong>rs." (I <strong>Samuel</strong> <strong>17</strong>:<strong>17</strong>, NASB)<br />
The next thing you know you hear David saying to Saul - "Let no man's<br />
heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this<br />
Philistine." (I <strong>Samuel</strong> <strong>17</strong>:32, NASB)<br />
David had gone from feeding sheep and running errands to confronting<br />
giants. God had been preparing David for <strong>the</strong> big thing, by teaching him to<br />
be faithful in <strong>the</strong> little things.<br />
David had learned by tending sheep, running errands, and defending his<br />
flock how to step up and do a job that nobody else wanted to do. The first<br />
thing you have to do to solve any problem in your life, to meet any<br />
challenge in your life, to overcome <strong>the</strong> giants in your life, you've got to have<br />
<strong>the</strong> courage just to step up. The reason why most people can't solve a lot of<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir problems is because of ra<strong>the</strong>r than stepping up to <strong>the</strong> problem <strong>the</strong>y<br />
run away from <strong>the</strong> problem.<br />
The motto of <strong>the</strong> king's guard in Ancient Greece were <strong>the</strong>se words, "All men<br />
have fears, but <strong>the</strong> brave put down <strong>the</strong>ir fears and go forward sometimes to<br />
death, but always to victory." There is one thing any army <strong>knows</strong> in military<br />
warfare and that is <strong>the</strong>re is never victory in retreat. There are some of you<br />
here, right now, and you think your biggest problem is <strong>the</strong> problem that you<br />
are facing when really your biggest problem is not <strong>the</strong> problem you are<br />
facing. The biggest problem is you are not willing to face <strong>the</strong> problem.<br />
You can't solve marital problems when you cut and run. You can't solve<br />
financial problems when you cut and run. You can't solve spiritual<br />
problems when you cut and run. The first step that you have to take, if you<br />
are going to win life's battles, is <strong>the</strong> courage to step up to <strong>the</strong> fight. Then we<br />
must have...<br />
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