Aug 31, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
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Well, several thousand years ago, a young man had an opportunity to do something for God.
And he was a lot like us.
He wasn't the smartest.
I mean, some of you are, I'm sure there's, I should say he was a lot like me.
Not the smartest, the brightest, the tallest, the handsomest, is that a word? Just the best looking.
He just didn't have it.
In fact, out of his eight brothers, he was the less likely to succeed.
His name was David, and David had an opportunity.
And I want to read the text to you, and then I'm just going to share a little bit.
So 1 Samuel chapter 17.
The Philistines now muster their army for battle and carry and camp between, and there's a bunch of names in there that I'm sure people will email me and tell me how to say it.
But until they do, I'm just going to skip them.
And chapter two, verse two says, Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah.
So the Philistines and the Israelites face each other on opposite hills with the valleys between them.
Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel.
He was over nine feet tall and he wore a bronze helmet and a bronze coat of mail.
That's just, that's body armor that weighed 125 pounds.
He wore this bronze leg armor and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder.
And 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.
Why are you all coming out to fight, he called.
Choose one man to come down here and fight me.
Well, several thousand years ago, a young man had an opportunity to do something for God.
And he was a lot like us.
He wasn't the smartest.
I mean, some of you are, I'm sure there's, I should say he was a lot like me.
Not the smartest, the brightest, the tallest, the handsomest, is that a word? Just the best looking.
He just didn't have it.
In fact, out of his eight brothers, he was the less likely to succeed.
His name was David, and David had an opportunity.
And I want to read the text to you, and then I'm just going to share a little bit.
So 1 Samuel chapter 17.
The Philistines now muster their army for battle and carry and camp between, and there's a bunch of names in there that I'm sure people will email me and tell me how to say it.
But until they do, I'm just going to skip them.
And chapter two, verse two says, Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah.
So the Philistines and the Israelites face each other on opposite hills with the valleys between them.
Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel.
He was over nine feet tall and he wore a bronze helmet and a bronze coat of mail.
That's just, that's body armor that weighed 125 pounds.
He wore this bronze leg armor and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder.
And 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.
Why are you all coming out to fight, he called.
Choose one man to come down here and fight me.
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