“Who is screaming like that?’ asks David, walking towards his brothers.
“What do you know man? Why are you not
tending to the sheep?” asks one of David’s brothers.
David walks to other people standing
nearby. “Who is screaming like that?” he
asks.
“It is the giant Goliath. He wants one of us to fight him. But how can we do that? He is so huge.
“I will fight him,” says David.
“Ha-ha-ha” the people around David laughs. “Such a young man, and he has the guts to
fight a giant! Ha-ha-ha!”
David turns to Saul. “When a lion grabs one
of my sheep, I follow it, kill it, and save my sheep from its mouth. I have
killed lions and bears. Goliath will be like one of them because he is mocking
the army of the living God. The Lord, who saved me from the claws of lions and
bears, will save me from the hand of this giant.”
Will you go and fight Goliath, my friend?
“Go,” says Saul. May the Lord be with you.”
They try to fit Saul’s clothing to David,
but David cannot move in them.
David takes it off and takes his staff in his hand. He chooses 5 round and smooth pebbles from
the stream and puts them in the bag hanging around his body.
“Lord, You are with me. You are the only One who can help me
now. Please help me to overcome this
giant that is mocking Your army. Give me
the courage and strength Lord.”
He
moves towards the giant with his slingshot in his hand.
“Am I a dog that you come to me with
sticks?” screams Goliath cursing David.
David looks up, up, up, and up to the giant.
For a minute he gulps and his eyes widen as he looks at the length of the
giant. It feels like he wants to turn
around and run away. Then he hears Goliath cursing him and his God. This gives David new courage.
“You come against me with a sword and
spear, but I come against you in the Name of the Lord God Almighty. The Lord is
going to deliver you into my hands this day, and I will kill you. The Lord is
going to deliver you all into our hands.
“Ho-ho-ho-ho” laughs the giant and begins to
move closer to David.
“Lord, You are in control,” cries David, running toward the giant.
David stops, puts his hand into his bag, and
takes a smooth pebble.
He puts it in his slingshot.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh he swings the slingshot
above his head and lets go of it.
The pebble moves higher and higher and
higher.
Kabam!
It hits Goliath right on his forehead and the pebble sinks right into
his forehead.
Kadoef!, Goliath falls to the ground – dead
as a doornail.
“Yippee! David has won!! The giant is dead!",’ shout the soldiers. The Lord helped David to kill the giant! Hip-hip hooray!”
Remember friend: Jesus will always help you
when you are scared and feel alone. He
is your only and best Friend in the whole world!
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