In 1 Samuel 17:40, the prophet records that David “chose five smooth stones” as he prepared for battle with Goliath. Have you ever wondered why David thought he need five stones? In 2 Samuel 21:19-22, the prophet records that David and his men killed five giants; one giant man and his four giant sons, one of which was Goliath.
Two
things seem unlikely. 1) That five stones and five giants is just a
coincidence. And 2) that Goliath’s super-sized kin were unknown to Israel and
David. It’s kinda hard to keep something like that a secret.
So,
it would seem that David selected five stones from the brook thinking that it
was very likely that he would have to face Goliath’s four avengers-of-blood
after he had dispatched the Philistine’s champion.
In
this narrative, as Jesus asserted in Luke 24, Jesus is the one pointed to in
David’s faithful warfare. Jesus who defeated the giant of sin/death on our behalf,
and then immediately readied himself to go after lust, injustice, racism, poverty,
disease, demon-possession, etc.
Samuel
records that David ran to meet Goliath in battle. And so it is with your
Savior, Christian. Jesus runs to meet and defeat your enemies. All of them. So
simply look to him and believe. It’s not your place to be a modern-day David. But
it is your place to trust in the victory that Jesus secured in his death/resurrection
and continues to work out by the power of his Spirit.
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