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God for the win
During Advent, members of the A Nun’s Life community will be posting reflections on the Jesse Tree and the O Antiphons.
Day 12 :: David written by Audra from the blog The Awkward Catholic
Yesterday Regina wrote that God knew what (s)he was doing when (s)he picked little David to be anointed. So we fast forward to when David’s three older brothers went off to war with Saul. Jesse, David’s father, asked David to see how his brothers were getting along in the war. When David reaches the camp Goliath had already proved to be impossible to beat. Israelite soldiers were running scared from this giant but to David he was not so much a scary giant as an obstacle to the Israelite people.
David’s brothers become angry and accuse him of being a smart aleck. David believes he can actually defeat Goliath because he had protected his sheep from lions and bears. Saul and the others try to convince him otherwise but David don’t care. David gets what he wants. He tells the others repeatedly that God had their backs. Saul gives David his really nice armor but it made David too uncomfortable so he takes it off. David goes with what he knows…his sling and five smooth stones and the rest is history.
It took just one pebble to bring a giant obstacle down. Even though at first David wasn’t sure why God chose him, he certainly felt confidant that God had his back. But maybe David was so confident because he didn’t understand why the others were scared. David never experienced the feeling of God leaving him. God never failed. What if we acted as though we never felt God leave us? What if at all times we felt confident that God has given us the right tools to get the job done? How many Goliaths would we be able to “slay”?
It’s a message we hear over and over again yet we need to hear everyday- God will never leave you. There are times in my life when I sensed defeat just around the corner. There were days I thought things were never going to get better. However, it was the little “pebbles”- the little blessings- that defeated the darkness. Those were the moments I was confident God had my back.
As always I found God helping me throw pebbles at Goliath because I didn’t have the strength to throw the boulders.
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