Indeed, the Lord is the Lord of every battle in our lives! Yet do we live under such an assurance? Do we go into battle knowing that the Lord goes ahead of us to do battle on our behalf? Or do we feel that we are on our own and have to depend on our own resources? This was the situation for Israel in the first reading today. Israel is being threatened by their mortal enemy the Philistines in the person of Goliath, a soldier of huge stature! King Saul has lost his nerve and the Lord’s anointing for a while now and it is the young David who gives Israel hope in God again as he steps forward boldly with only a shepherd’s staff and a sling in his hand. David runs to meet Goliath like a man running to meet his destiny, for David is fully confident in the Lord.
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