(contd.)
David trusted these three servants to some extent, and didn’t expect them to gossip about him; after all, what he did was none of their business.
He entered his bedchamber to await the arrival of Bathsheba.
Sprawled on his back in his big bed which had expensive covers, he folded his hands under his head and crossed his feet.
Life is good, he thought with a smile. Who would have thought he would get to this level in life, when he was young? Nobody. At least, none in his family. As he was the youngest of the sons of Jesse, and liked to play harp, sing, write psalms, and use slings and stones when in the field, his family thought he was frivolous and only good enough to take care of Jesse’s sheep while his brothers went to war with Israel’s soldiers.
David allowed his mind to think of the day things began to change for him…
He was in the field as usual with his father’s sheep, and was resting after destroying the lion that wanted to kill one of the sheep, when one of his father’s servants came and told him his father wanted him to come home immediately. Filled with concern for his family’s well-being, David rose up. He quickly gave instructions to the sheep-keepers concerning the sheep, and left with his father’s servant. At home, he found his father, his brothers, and Prophet Samuel. Apparently, they had been waiting for him. Then Samuel said, “He is the one whom God has chosen as the next king of Israel.” He rose up, took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his family. Immediately the Spirit of God came upon him.
That was the beginning.
Some days after, his father told him that King Saul wanted him to come to the palace to play harp for him. David went, performed well and the evil spirit that tormented Saul left. That was how he began to frequent the palace, to play music for Saul.
Shortly after, when there was war between Israel and Philistine, his father asked him to take some refreshments to his brothers who were in the battle camp with Saul. There, while talking with his brothers, Israel’s soldiers began running away in terror. David looked toward the camp of the Philistines and saw Goliath, a giant in front of the army. He had a bronze helmet on his head and a bronze armour on his legs. He was armed with a heavy coat of mail made of bronze, a bronze javelin between his shoulders and a spear. A man carrying the giant’s heavy shield stood beside him.
Goliath shouted at the army of Israel, “Why did you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me! If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us!”
Then he had added, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other!”
At this point, the Spirit of God came upon David and he became angry. He said to the men around him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
to be continued.
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