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Mike Hutchings: David's Transformation from Shepherd to Giant Slayer

Mike Hutchings: David's Transformation from Shepherd to Giant Slayer You have been “blessed to be a blessing.” (Genesis 12:2) Pay it forward! For more videos, subscribe to King of Kings YouTube Channel here: https://bit.ly/2TRObAR If you need help with a personal problem email [email protected]. Donate to King of Kings here: http://www.kingofkingswc.com/donate/ #kingofkingsworshipcenter #mikehutchings However, when Samuel says hey, bring all the kids out, you know that David is brought out, and at that moment, he is anointed king of Israel. You would think at that point that the opinions about his family would change towards David. You think that he'd be celebrated, and Hallelujah, we have the new king of Israel in our house. But the next time we encounter David is in 1st Samuel chapter 17, and if you'll remember this part of Israel's history, the army of Israel and the army of the Philistines are in the valley of the law, and they're in a stalemate from fighting one another. David is sent up by his dad to send lunch to his brothers. In other words, he's become Jimmy John's delivery boy for his brothers. So, he is sent up to the front, he brings lunch to his brothers, and he sees the stalemate that's happening between the two armies. He sees this giant Goliath that is not only cursing the armies of Israel and challenging the army of Israel, but he is literally cursing the God of Israel. Now, here's one thing, folks everybody look at me when I say this—even though David was rejected by his family, he developed an amazing relationship with his father, God, out on the hills of Bethlehem. So just because you're rejected by your family doesn't mean that God isn't available for you. And of course, we know out of that time of being alone and out there on the hills, he began to write songs. He began to have this relationship with the Father where he really felt cared for and loved. In the midst of that, he goes up into this battlefield, he hears this giant challenging the army of Israel, and he turns to the guys and says, "Guys, how come somebody isn't taking care of this dude? What's going on here? Why are we not doing something about this?" Because he has a righteous indignation for this uncircumcised Philistine cursing the God of Israel, he decides that he's going to go up against him. He takes his weaponry that he is familiar with not a sword, not armor but instead, he takes his slingshot and his staff. He goes up against Goliath, and first shot, kills Goliath, knocks him in the head. Goliath falls to the ground face first. And for those of us that were raised as children being told the story, that was kind of the end of the story for us. But how many of you know it was not the end of the story? He takes the giant's sword and chops off his head. They take the head of Goliath, and it becomes a trophy that the army of Israel carries around with them for a while to remind the Philistines who won the battle. Now, all of that is amazing messages for being giant slayers and giant killers. I've heard some great ones, and I've preached a couple myself. There's only one issue with this: 15-year-old boys are not supposed to be going around chopping people's heads off. And what begins for David, who has only known what it is to be a shepherd boy, to be a psalmist, he goes from being that to being a warrior for Israel. The song that is sung about him is, "Saul has slain his thousands, but David his tens of thousands." He becomes like a Captain America for Israel except he's like Captain Israel. He begins to lead the armies of Israel into battle, and he becomes a bloody man of war. As a matter of fact, he becomes so accustomed to killing and murder that Saul becomes so jealous of him that he sets up a trap. If you remember, Saul had promised David that if he defeated Goliath, he would be able to marry one of his daughters. So, Saul sets up a trap and says, "Well, since you come from a poor family, you've got to bring me a dowry. So, here's the dowry that I want I want you to bring me the foreskin of 100 Philistines." Now, folks, let me just say this to you if you're going to get a foreskin from a man, you're probably going to have to kill him. So, David doesn't bring Saul 100 foreskins; he brings him 200 foreskins. And although we rejoice and we talk about the amazing warrior that David is, the reality is David begins to go into a career of being a warrior for Israel, by which he's responsible for the death of thousands of people tens of thousands. And as you know, later on, Saul eventually tries to kill him again. Eventually, he flees from Saul and goes through 13 years of persecution when he's constantly in fear for his life.