We Trust in the Lord!

We Trust in the Lord!

David continued to take care of his father's sheep in the fields.  When he didn't have much to do in the field he played instruments.  Meanwhile Saul was still king and he ruled people called Israelites.  David and his family were Israelites too.  The Israelites weren't getting along with people named the Philistines. The problem with the Philistines was that they had many giants living in their land.  One of the strongest and biggest giants was named Goliath.  He was over nine feet tall. Goliath was covered with armor to protect him and carried a big spear.  Every morning and every evening for forty days he shouted to the Israelites in his big deep voice, " I dare you to find one man to fight me.  If he can beat me we will become your servants, but if I win you will all become our servants." When Saul and all his men heard this they were very afraid.  Three of these men were David's three oldest brothers. Now David's father Jesse called David and asked him to take some food to his brothers and report back how they are doing. So David set off to visit his brothers.  As he approached them he heard Goliath shouting his challenge like he did every morning.  "Isn't someone going to stand up to this man?"  David asked the men in the army.  "Then I will fight this giant Philistine."One of the men overheard this and ran to Saul and told him what David said.  Saul approached David and said, "You can't fight Goliath, you're only a boy and he has been fighting for many years."  But David said to Saul, "I have had to fight lions and bears to protect my father's sheep.  God helped keep me safe then and he will help keep me safe now." So Saul dressed David in heavy armor to protect him from Goliath but David took it off.  It was so heavy he could hardly walk and he knew that God would keep him from harm.  Instead David went to a stream nearby and found five smooth stones, put them in a pouch around his waist, and with his sling he went to Goliath. As David approached Goliath, Goliath looked at David and thought it was a joke.  Goliath thought that he could easily beat David.  But David said to him without fear, " You've come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I've come out to fight you in the name of the LORD All-Powerful. He is the God of Israel's army, and you have insulted Him too! Today the LORD will help me defeat you. I'll knock you down and cut off your head, and I'll feed the bodies of the other Philistine soldiers to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a real God. Everybody here will see that the LORD doesn't need swords or spears to save His people. The LORD always wins His battles, and He will help us defeat you.Goliath didn't care what David said and he moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly to meet him.  Reaching into his pouch he pulled out a stone, put it into his slingshot and shot it at Goliath.  The stone had hit him right between his eyes and he fell on his face. David killed the giant Philistine!  When the rest of the Philistines saw this they ran away and David became a hero to all the people in Israel.

Lesson to be Learnt:

                It was too bad that Saul the king wasn't trusting in God to help him,  he didn't know what to do to beat Goliath.  David exactly knew what to do, and trusted that God would help him.  That's why God loved David's heart and wanted him to be king. Goliath was giant and David a little boy but with the help of the Lord he defeated the giant with a single stone. So my dear friends may be you are like David, a little boy before your problems but when you trust God He will help you to overcome any mountain big problems! 

Psalm 20:7

(CEV)  Some people trust the power of chariots or horses, but we trust You, LORD God.

(Hindi) किसी को रथोंको, और किसी को घोड़ोंका भरोसा है, परन्तु हम तो अपके परमेश्वर यहोवा ही का नाम लेंगे।

(Kan) ಕೆಲವರು ರಥಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಕೆಲವರು ಕುದುರೆಗಳ ಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಭರವಸವಿಡುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಆದರೆ ನಾವು ನಮ್ಮ ದೇವರಾದ ಕರ್ತನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.

(Mal) ചിലര്‍ രഥങ്ങളിലും ചിലര്‍ കുതിരകളിലും ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നു; ഞങ്ങളോ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ദൈവമായ യഹോവയുടെ നാമത്തെ കീര്‍ത്തിക്കും.

(Tamil OV)  சிலர் இரதங்களைக்குறித்தும், சிலர் குதிரைகளைக்குறித்தும் மேன்மை பாராட்டுகிறார்கள்; நாங்களோ எங்கள் தேவனாகிய கர்த்தருடைய நாமத்தைக்குறித்தே மேன்மைபாராட்டுவோம்.

(Telugu)  కొందరు రథములనుబట్టియు కొందరు గుఱ్ఱములను బట్టియు అతిశయపడుదురుమనమైతే మన దేవుడైన యెహోవా నామమునుబట్టి అతిశయపడుదము.

David and Goliath!