David - Agent of Smash

This name will be no surprise to those who have heard it. The famed story of a young shepherd boy versus a giant named Goliath. You almost had to somewhat expect this name to make it on the list. '

However, there is more to this than just a simple story. Yes, David defeated the giant. Yes, the little guy one. Yes, it is probably like you have heard, but there is something deeper here.

The actual fight is found in 1 Samuel 17. This is where we read of how David defeated the giant. However, it is the back story to this agent of Smash that makes this day and this moment in time more incredible.

You see, David was the youngest of a whole lot of strong, strapping young men. He was but a child when all this took place, yet, he had already been anointed to be the future king of Israel. His brothers  had gone off to war with Saul against the Philistines and David was left at home to tend the sheep. Only when his father, Jesse, got curious about the battle was David even allowed to go to the battlefield. When he arrived he witnessed this mammoth guy walking out and making fun of God and his people.

David was shocked that God's people would put up with this kind of attitude and mockery of the One, True, Living God. As he asked around he heard about what Saul had offered as a reward to anyone who would go defeat the giant. Davids inquiry into the matter infuriated his brothers and they scolded him for leaving his flocks. However, David Responded in Verse 29, "What have I now done, Is there not a cause?" (KJV) When Saul caught wind of this boy asking about the reward, he summoned David in and David boldly said, "Fear not king, for I will go defeat this man!"

Now get this picture in your head, a BOY offers to go take on the mightiest warrior of the time in the form of a 9 foot tall giant whose armor probably outweighed David himself. This is what Saul is looking at in real life and he simply tells David there is no way he can go. However, David is ready for this response and tells of a lion and a bear he has killed with his bare hands. For some reason, these stories convinced Saul to send David out to face the giant because David said, "If God delivered the lion and bear into my hands, will he not also deliver this giant into my hands?

The rest of the story is common to most folks that David went out, Goliath laughed at him for stepping forward. Goliath told David he was going to feed him to the beast and birds at which David replied in kind stating that God would deliver Goliath into his hands. God did just as David said and Goliath fell to the ground with the simple thud of a rock against his forehead and then David finished the job with Goliath's own sword, beheading the giant.

Again, we see an Agent of Smash delivering God's people from an evil that overwhelmed them. In this case it was a literal man who held them captive by his size and reputation as a warrior. And once again, God decided to winch battle using a boy so that no one could claim glory except for Himself.

Next story, we will talk about Moses!!!

Ray