The Philistines now mustered their army for battle, Saul also countered by gathering his troops. So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them. (1 Samuel 17:3)
Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out to face the forces of Israel.
He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds, he wore a bronze leg armor, he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
For forty days, every morning and evening, Goliath stood and shouted calling someone to fight with him.(1 Samuel 17:16)
Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea were in Saul’s army.
Jesse asked David, to take a basket of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread to his brothers. And ten cuts of cheese to their captain.
David left the sheep with another shepherd and went early next morning with the gifts.
The Israelite army was in a fright on seeing the giant. David was curious to know the reward for killing the giant?
The men replied that the king has offered his daughters to be his wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!
The giant was too big and Strong to look at but David's eyes were only on the reward.
To Ponder:
Today, what do we focus on? The problems that appear as giants before us or the reward that is waiting in heaven for us?
Let's be like David to fix our eyes on the reward and not the problems.
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