Yesterday as I watched the happy smiles on the faces of the winners and thinking of how some were thanking God, I thought of David and how me must have felt when Goliath fell at his hands. How the people loved him and rejoiced with his victory over the giant. It must have made him feel like he could do no wrong and they would always love him for what he had done.
As you can see in 1Samuel 21:12 it did not take him long to realize he was not going to be a hero every day. Saul began to fear David and became jealous of him. He decided to kill David and David had to go into hiding.
7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
8And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
15Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
It did not take David long to realize that there he had no one he could trust except God.
God loved him the day he slew Goliath and he loved him when all the world turned against him.
I am reminded again of the song The God of the Mountain....
God On The Mountain
Life is easy when you're up on the mountain
And you've got peace of mind like you've never known.
But then things change and you're down in the valley.
Don't lose faith for you're never alone.
For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.
The God of the day is still God in the night.
You talk of faith when you're up on the mountain.
Oh but the talk comes easy when life's at its best.
But it's down in the valley of trials and temptation
That's when faith is really put to the test.
For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.
The God of the day is still God in the night.
For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.
The God of the day is still God in the night.
The God of the day is still God in the night.
David never fell out of favor with God even with all the things he had done wrong. David's weakness was women. He craved women. God was still there for him. David went so far as to
get Uriah Killed because he wanted Bethsheba. Yet God forgave him for it. It is amazing the love God has for all of us, even the worst sinners.
So, No, David was not a giant slayer every day but he was loved by God every day just like you and I are.
