What is the point of the David and Goliath story?
The underlying purpose of the story of Goliath is to show that Saul is not fit to be king (and that David is).
What can we learn from David and Goliath story?
David knew size doesn’t matter, it’s HEART, COURAGE, and COMMITMENT that matters. You can apply the same principle and same level of thinking to your life and the challenges you’re facing. Think bigger than the challenge, be bigger than the obstacle, and act as if it’s impossible for you not to fail.
What can we learn from David?
Lesson 1: A Heart for God Prepares Us to Be Used by God David is chosen to be king because he has what Saul does not: a heart for God. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart” (16:7). David’s heart for God prepares him to be used by God.
Why did God love David the most?
The Lord still called Him a man after His own heart. Because David longed and pursued justice and mercy for God’s people. He longed to do works that were pleasing to God, even when his life was at risk. He showed many times that he loved and desired truth and integrity more than his own life.
Why did God make a covenant with David?
Davidic covenant It promised to establish his dynasty forever while acknowledging that its original royal-covenant promises had been given to the ancestor of the whole nation, Abraham. The Davidic covenant establishes David and his descendants as the kings of the united monarchy of Israel (which included Judah).
What is God’s promise to David?
God’s promise to David was ultimately fulfilled by his most significant descendant, Jesus Christ: “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end” (Luke 1:32-33).
Did God appear to David?
David’s relationship with God He doesn’t seem to appear in the way that He appeared before Moses and certainly the way He appeared before Abraham, when he came to them as a figure. When God appears in the time of David, it’s as a cloud filling the temple. It’s a much more ethereal kind of presence.