Wired to Win: How David Slays a Giant

1 Samuel 17 – 1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. 3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. 4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. 8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel…“Choose a man and have him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” 16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. 32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” 33 Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 41  The Philistine…looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.43 He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!” 45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. 50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

According to David, there is value to… 

#1 – An aggressive of an challenge. 

1 Samuel 17:32 – David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”  

1 Samuel 17:48 – As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 

1 Samuel 17:4 – A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.

How aggressive am I being in the face of my current challenge?

Philippians 3:13-14 –  But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 

Galatians 6:9 – Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 

1 Samuel 17:50 – David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

According to David, there is value to… 

#2 – Strategically back against . 

1 Samuel 17:32-33 – 32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” 33 Saul replied,  “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 

1 Samuel 17:41-43 – 41 The Philistine…looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.43 He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 

1 Samuel 17:34-36 – 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.  

1 Samuel 17:46 – This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. 

Luke 1:37 (ESV) – For nothing will be impossible with God. 

Luke 18:27 – Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” 

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