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The first mention of cheese in the Bible comes with a young boy named David's
Dad sends him down to the battle front to take some food to his brothers. To
smooth things with the commanding officer, he takes along ten cheeses as a gift.
Politics has not changed very much in three thousand years. David takes his
cheeses to the "keeper of supplies" and then goes down to the battle line. There
he hears a blowhard by the name of Goliath, and begins his rise to fame.
David and Goliath is a famous story, of course. It appeals to us, I think, because
David is so much the "little guy," the Everyman, facing the giant. We often miss
David the man in David the legend. Here are some "did you knows?" about
David:
~ Did you know that David had been anointed king of Israel before he met
Goliath? God does not look on the size of the man (David was the runt of the
litter) nor on his achievements - but on his heart. God knew the man within.
~ Did you know that David knocked out Goliath with one stone - but that he
stopped to pick up five stones along the way? The servant of God comes
prepared!
~ Did you know that David had been in the Israelite camp before this incident -
as a musician'? Sometimes we look on a person as being no more capable
than what we see. God sees all ends, and sees what might be.
Sometimes we think God cannot do anything with us; we are just what we are,
we can do no more. We have no accomplishments, we are not the talented
ones - or our talents come in the wrong direction. But - and it's the important
word - if the heart is right, and the will prepared, God can take anyone of us and
turn us into a David. The question is not what He can do; the question is what
we will to do. Are you prepared to let Him make you into what He wants you to
be?
(I Cor 1:25 NIV) For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the
weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
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