Teaching Notes

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…As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. 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. – 1 Samuel 17:45, 48-50


Unusual Assignments. Our smallest things in the hand of God can win the battle. We have probably read ourselves or have heard about David and Goliath many times. David was a young boy that was not afraid of the giant situation standing before him. The army would go to the battle, but when the giant would come and challenge them, they would run. And that is how we are at times, we go to church and get in our positions but as soon as a big situation comes, we run and hide because we don’t think we can overcome it.


David knew that God was bigger than this giant and he was ready to take this unusual assignment. It was unusual because he would send a boy to do a warriors job? Who would, God would. God will send us into situations that sometimes others looking at us would say we are not ready to handle. But God knows differently because he knows he is going to use our smallest of weapons to define the enemy. He can use them, because we “quickly” go to where the situation is instead of running from it. That is what David did. He ran quickly to the battle line with only a sling and a few rocks. Unusual weapon. But then we serve an unusual God that can do unusual things.


If we give even our smallest of gifts and talents to God, he will use them and when he does he may even use them to advance the battle for others. The army would not have gone forward, until someone stepped up and took care of Goliath. God used David to rally others to battle.

So I pray for us today, so that we will not think we do not have enough for God to use. He is only seeking us to be willing. When we are, he will do the rest. So I pray that we would quickly run to our post in the Lord’s army. And when we do, God will take our all and use it to win the battles.