Title: David and Goliath
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58
Speaker: Paul Brandes, PaulB@cckc.church

> Why do we love underdog stories so much?

> Everyone has been the underdog.

> Everyone has been the underdog… Except for God!

> God is not an underdog, so kneel at the brook.

“David at that moment, kneeling at the brook, frames something that’s absolutely essential for each of us. Are we going to live this life from our knees, imaginatively and personally? Or are we going to live it conventionally and at secondhand? Are we going to live out of our God-created, Spirit-anointed, Jesus-saved being? Or are we going to defer to eunuch professionals? Are we going to be shaped by our fears of Goliath or by God? Are we going to live by our admiration of Saul or by God?” -Eugene Peterson, Leap Over A Wall

“Until David walked into the Valley of Elah and knelt at that brook, the only options seemed to be a bullying Might or a fearful Right. Take your choice: brutal Goliath or anxious Saul. David kneeling, unhurried and calm, opened up another option: God, God’s ways, God’s salvation. How do we so easily lose sight of this, lose awareness of God? Why would any of us in our right minds exchange a God-blessed imagination capable of ‘seeing the invisible’ for a mess of statistics? But however it happens, David kneeling at the brook leads our recovery.” - Eugene Peterson, Leap Over A Wall

> God is not an underdog, so trust Him for the victory.