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With all of the differences that exist between us / between people...
…from different upbringings...
different family structures
different lifestyles
different schooling types
different financial situations
different interests
different environments
different...
different...
different...
One thing we (AT LEAST) all share in common - is this...
Trials
We ALL - have walked thru the - Valley of Trials
And if you haven’t been there yet - You will!
SOME of US - are walking through this valley - right now
OTHERS - have just come up out of it.
But we all share it...
We all experience the Valley of Trial.
And what we’ve ALL come to realize - is that the Valley of Trial - is a war zone!!
It’s a place - of war
A place - to fight
WHICH MEANS - it’s a fight that we ALL will face…many times in our lives.
TODAY - we’ll look at one of the most popular (if not THE MOST popular) fight in the Bible...
David & Goliath
And if you’ve walked the path of Christianity LONG ENOUGH - and have dug even a little bit into this...
You’ve probably heard that when it comes to the story of David and Goliath...
you NEED to know that YOU’RE NOT DAVID!
Now I’ve heard this - MANY TIMES...
And while I agree with it - While I understand that TOO OFTEN - we interject ourselves into the HERO roles in the Bible...
And that DAVID REALLY IS - a TYPE of Christ - who comes and DESTROYS our ENEMIES...
[I BELIEVE] - that we ALSO - MUST - look at David as - ourselves.
We must ALSO - view David - NOT JUST AS A TYPE of Christ - but ALSO as a TYPE of ME, and you...
Why?
Because in reality - David is more like me - than he is - Christ.
David was a man…plain and simple.
THEREFORE - WE - can learn something from him…FOR OURSELVES…!
We’re going to cover the entirety of chapter 17 today (58 verses) - and so we’ll look at the OVERALL story...
and then we’ll swing back and DIG IN where we need to.
So - big picture story....
So Goliath was a GIANT of a man...
Based on being 6 cubits and a span tall....
He was somewhere between 9’6” - and - 11’2”
So Goliath comes down and SHOUTS to Israel - he wants someone to FIGHT!
And all of Israel is - TERRIFIED!
And so David was given orders by his father Jesse - to go and give some supplies to his brothers - who were on the battle lines.
So David comes - and he HEARS Goliath calling for a man to fight!
David goes before Saul and tells him his plan to fight Goliath...
And so David goes to fight Goliath...
What happens?
OK - this is the big picture story...
I’m letting the cat out of the bag EARLY… David wins...
But I think we know that...
SO - what can we learn from this?
There’s a PRINCIPLE that we’re gonna see THROUGHOUT this chapter…and we’re going to KEEP coming back to it...
over and over again...
SLIDE:
The Standards of the World Don’t Measure Up to God
Let’s circle back and see this is MANY ways...
Early on in this chapter - we see that QUITE A BIT of time is spent - describing Goliath and his armor...
Now - we read these words and the words themselves - TRY to give us a VISUAL of what the words speak of...
Well - The Israelites actually SAW this with their own eyes...
And what were they LOOKING at??
They were looking at - The Standard!
It was once said of Michael Jordan...
“You are simply the STANDARD by which Basketball excellence is measured!”
Well - Like Michael Jordan - when men looked at GOLIATH...
No doubt - they SHRUNK in fear...
They were looking at - THE STANDARD!
This MOUNTAIN of a man - wearing - seemingly FORT KNOX as his armor...
Carrying a TREE for a spear
WOW…That’s on Goliath’s side...
What about the OTHER side?
And so what we see here is a BATTLE of RESOURCES!
And the world would look at Goliath and HIS resources and would DECLARE -
GOLIATH WILL SUCCEED!
See - I think we all know...
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The world believes that the finest resources give you the best chance to succeed.
That the best materials - wins
That the best equipment - wins
That the best facilities - wins
That the best education - wins
That the most money - wins
MEANING...
If you DON’T HAVE the best materials - you should just give up
If you DON’T HAVE the best equipment - just give up
If you DON’T HAVE the best facilities - just GIVE UP
if you DON’T HAVE the best education - just GIVE UP
If you DON’T HAVE the most money - just GIVE UP!
You ever see ROCKY IV?
You had the Russian training in a TOP FLIGHT facility...
State of the art - equipment
WHILE -
Rocky was training in a - BARN!
Who won?
NOW - of course Rocky IV was just a movie...
But you don’t think there aren’t 1000’s of REAL LIFE stories JUST like that?
We in this country have all of the FINEST facilities...
Some people can TRAIN in the nicest places...
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