Almost anyone who grew up attending a Christian Sunday School has probably read the Bible story of David and Goliath (see I Samuel 17:1–50). It’s a favorite of mine. There is something so inspiring about a little David running toward a big Goliath and winning. We often view many current stories about the little guy taking on the big guy, or the big corporation, as a David and Goliath story.
But the story does not start when David loads up his slingshot. It actually begins with two armies lined up ready to do battle. Then one big bully of a guy (Goliath) pops out in front of his army (the Philistines) and starts taunting the other army (the Israelites).
He challenges one soldier from the Israelites to come down from the top of the mountain and fight him individually. Israel had a whole army, and yet they started quaking in their shoes about which one of them would be able to meet the challenge of the bully, Goliath. Thank goodness for David, who must have understood that “one with God is a majority” (Wendell Phillips).
