"JEHOVAH WILL SURRENDER YOU INTO MY HAND" - Continue

 To this day, David's response stands as a great statement of faith. Just imagine the young man calling out to Goliath: "You are coming against me with a sword and speak and javelin, but I am coming against you in the name of Jehovah of armies, the God of the battle line of Israel, whom you have taunted." David knew that human power and weaponry mattered little. Goliath has shown disrespect for Jehovah God, and Jehovah would respond. As David put it, "the battle belongs to Jehovah." - 1 SAMUEL 17:45-47.

David was not blind to Goliath size or his weapons. Yet David refused to let such things daunt him. He did not make the mistake that Saul and the members of his army did. David did not compare himself to Goliath. Instead, he looked at Goliath. Instead, he looked at Goliath in comparison with Jehovah. Standing some nine and a half feet (2.9 m) tall, Goliath towered over other men, but how big was he compared to the Sovereign of the universe? Really, like any human, his was barely more than insect-in this case, one that Jehovah was ready to exterminate!

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