Many of you know this story. I am going to tell it my way and then share somethings you might not have gotten from it.
So here's what happens. There are these two armies - the Israelites and the Philistines. They are both camped out waiting to fight each other. I have always wondered why they just didn't square off and go at it but that wasn't the way it happened.
There was this dude named Goliath from the Philistine army. This dude was huge. He made Shaq look like a small child. He was over 9 feet tall (two feet taller than Shaq) and he could touch the top of the backboard standing flat footed on the court. This was before mid evil times but he still had a helmet of bronze and coat of armor that weighed over 125 pounds. He had a spear almost as big around as a telephone pole and the tip of the spear weighed 15 pounds.
Now Goliath had this plan. Everyday, he would walk out to a place between the two camps and talk a bunch of mad trash about the Israelites and their God. He wanted to have one of the best Israelite fighters come out and fight with him one on one. The loser of the fighter's army would then be slaves to the winner. So every day for several days, he shows up running his mouth about how tough he was, blah, blah, blah.
Then one day, David rolls into the Israelite camp. He is supposed to take some food to his brothers and their commanding officer. He is also supposed to report back to his dad on how things are going. He is just a teenage kid. He isn't some big shot soldier and he doesn't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He looks more like Justin Bieber. Now imagine what is going to happen if someone bigger than Shaq decides he is going to fight with someone like Justin Bieber. It ain't gonna be a pretty fight.
Anyway, David hears Goliath talking trash one day and immediately he gets hacked off. He wants to know why no one from the Israelite army has gone down and shut this guy up. After all, Goliath is defying the living God and David wants a piece of him. Everyone is afraid of Goliath and David's brother's make fun of him because he is just a little kid who should be home tending a small flock of sheep, not out there watching the war. His brothers immediately dismiss David's ability. But word of what David says makes it to Saul the king of the Israelites and since no one else in the whole army has volunteered to fight Goliath, Saul sends for David. Now David wants to tear Goliath up just because he is talking trash about God. He finds out that he gets to marry one of the king's daughters if he wins.
Saul immediately looks at David (think Justin Bieber) and knows that there is no way in the world that he could fight with Goliath and win. He says this to David. To Saul's surprise, David starts talking about God. He says that God helped him kill a lion and a bear with his hands and that God will help him kill this Philistine too. Can you see Justin Bieber tearing a bear apart with his hands? Anyway, Saul figures that he might as well give it a shot so he has David put on his armor. David must have looked like a clown in that stuff because the Bible says Saul was pretty big himself. So David decides that he can't use it and takes it off. He runs down to a small river and picks up 5 rocks for his sling shot and heads off to shut Goliath's mouth.
So picture it. Here stands a guy two feet taller than Shaq with a massive spear. His body armour probably weighs more than David. A guy who looks like Justin Bieber walks out with no armour, no sword and no spear to fight him. This had to look ridiculous and Goliath is insulted. He tells David that he is going to tear him apart with his own hands and feed him to the animals. What David should have done if he was like most of us is turned tail and ran for the hills to try to save his own hide.
What David did was run right at Goliath. David talked right back to Goliath and said, "You come out here talking trash about God and carrying massive weapons but I ain't impressed. All I got is five rocks for my slingshot but that's all I need because you have opened your mouth against the Lord. Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hands and I'm gonna cut your head off with your own sword. When I get finished with you, everyone is gonna know that there is a living God in Israel and that he will save me from you. Bubba, you done picked a fight with the wrong God and (as we Texans would say) I'm gonna stomp a mud hole in you." David didn't think he was capable of killing Goliath but he knew that God could and that God would. And that's exactly what happened. David hit Goliath in the head with a rock and then cut his head off with his own sword.
So here is what I want you to think about from this story.
1. Look at all those people who told David he was stupid and couldn't do it. His family and the king of the country told him that he was nothing but David trusted God. David believed God over what his family or the government said. Look at the places in your life where God put dreams into your heart. If God tells you to do something, don't let anyone talk you out of it, even if it seems impossible.
2. Saul tried to put his armor on David and David looked like a clown in it. Now Saul wasn't trying to make David look bad. He was actually trying to protect David. He was doing what everyone else around him would have done in those circumstances. But God had a different plan on how to accomplish David's goal. Sometimes in life, we will have to do things a little different that what everyone else around us does to accomplish our goals. So if God tells you to do something, don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and do it his way. You just might accomplish something no one thought you could.
3. Don't look at your circumstances. Look at your God. David knew Goliath was a real warrior. He was the baddest of the baddest on the planet. He was like a whole platoon of tough guys rolled into one and he had the best equipment money could buy. He was a trained, seasoned killer and David had never killed another human. But David was focused on God and what God could. He was so focused on God that he didn't pay attention to anything or anyone else. Look what he accomplished.
I am sure we could go on for a long time getting good stuff out of this story but I will stop here.
That's the Minion's version of David and Goliath
So here's what happens. There are these two armies - the Israelites and the Philistines. They are both camped out waiting to fight each other. I have always wondered why they just didn't square off and go at it but that wasn't the way it happened.
There was this dude named Goliath from the Philistine army. This dude was huge. He made Shaq look like a small child. He was over 9 feet tall (two feet taller than Shaq) and he could touch the top of the backboard standing flat footed on the court. This was before mid evil times but he still had a helmet of bronze and coat of armor that weighed over 125 pounds. He had a spear almost as big around as a telephone pole and the tip of the spear weighed 15 pounds.
Now Goliath had this plan. Everyday, he would walk out to a place between the two camps and talk a bunch of mad trash about the Israelites and their God. He wanted to have one of the best Israelite fighters come out and fight with him one on one. The loser of the fighter's army would then be slaves to the winner. So every day for several days, he shows up running his mouth about how tough he was, blah, blah, blah.
Then one day, David rolls into the Israelite camp. He is supposed to take some food to his brothers and their commanding officer. He is also supposed to report back to his dad on how things are going. He is just a teenage kid. He isn't some big shot soldier and he doesn't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He looks more like Justin Bieber. Now imagine what is going to happen if someone bigger than Shaq decides he is going to fight with someone like Justin Bieber. It ain't gonna be a pretty fight.
Anyway, David hears Goliath talking trash one day and immediately he gets hacked off. He wants to know why no one from the Israelite army has gone down and shut this guy up. After all, Goliath is defying the living God and David wants a piece of him. Everyone is afraid of Goliath and David's brother's make fun of him because he is just a little kid who should be home tending a small flock of sheep, not out there watching the war. His brothers immediately dismiss David's ability. But word of what David says makes it to Saul the king of the Israelites and since no one else in the whole army has volunteered to fight Goliath, Saul sends for David. Now David wants to tear Goliath up just because he is talking trash about God. He finds out that he gets to marry one of the king's daughters if he wins.
Saul immediately looks at David (think Justin Bieber) and knows that there is no way in the world that he could fight with Goliath and win. He says this to David. To Saul's surprise, David starts talking about God. He says that God helped him kill a lion and a bear with his hands and that God will help him kill this Philistine too. Can you see Justin Bieber tearing a bear apart with his hands? Anyway, Saul figures that he might as well give it a shot so he has David put on his armor. David must have looked like a clown in that stuff because the Bible says Saul was pretty big himself. So David decides that he can't use it and takes it off. He runs down to a small river and picks up 5 rocks for his sling shot and heads off to shut Goliath's mouth.
So picture it. Here stands a guy two feet taller than Shaq with a massive spear. His body armour probably weighs more than David. A guy who looks like Justin Bieber walks out with no armour, no sword and no spear to fight him. This had to look ridiculous and Goliath is insulted. He tells David that he is going to tear him apart with his own hands and feed him to the animals. What David should have done if he was like most of us is turned tail and ran for the hills to try to save his own hide.
What David did was run right at Goliath. David talked right back to Goliath and said, "You come out here talking trash about God and carrying massive weapons but I ain't impressed. All I got is five rocks for my slingshot but that's all I need because you have opened your mouth against the Lord. Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hands and I'm gonna cut your head off with your own sword. When I get finished with you, everyone is gonna know that there is a living God in Israel and that he will save me from you. Bubba, you done picked a fight with the wrong God and (as we Texans would say) I'm gonna stomp a mud hole in you." David didn't think he was capable of killing Goliath but he knew that God could and that God would. And that's exactly what happened. David hit Goliath in the head with a rock and then cut his head off with his own sword.
So here is what I want you to think about from this story.
1. Look at all those people who told David he was stupid and couldn't do it. His family and the king of the country told him that he was nothing but David trusted God. David believed God over what his family or the government said. Look at the places in your life where God put dreams into your heart. If God tells you to do something, don't let anyone talk you out of it, even if it seems impossible.
2. Saul tried to put his armor on David and David looked like a clown in it. Now Saul wasn't trying to make David look bad. He was actually trying to protect David. He was doing what everyone else around him would have done in those circumstances. But God had a different plan on how to accomplish David's goal. Sometimes in life, we will have to do things a little different that what everyone else around us does to accomplish our goals. So if God tells you to do something, don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and do it his way. You just might accomplish something no one thought you could.
3. Don't look at your circumstances. Look at your God. David knew Goliath was a real warrior. He was the baddest of the baddest on the planet. He was like a whole platoon of tough guys rolled into one and he had the best equipment money could buy. He was a trained, seasoned killer and David had never killed another human. But David was focused on God and what God could. He was so focused on God that he didn't pay attention to anything or anyone else. Look what he accomplished.
I am sure we could go on for a long time getting good stuff out of this story but I will stop here.
That's the Minion's version of David and Goliath
I think that is awesome....very easy to get the picture!
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