David & Goliath
Today’s episode is the best known of all the David narratives.
To label a situation a “David and Goliath story” is almost universally recognized as describing an underdog’s reversal of fortune.
If you know the general approach, we take to the Bible
here at Park Road you won’t expect this sermon to tell you how to defeat the giants in YOUR life… We’re careful not to moralize the Bible’s message…or turn the Bible into a life-hack or a series of “principles for successful living”. We’re supposed to see something bigger and grander here, something so truly majestic that it fires our imagination and helps us to see the larger Story that encompasses everything… the Story that swallows and transforms our own personal stories… but…
But DO we really have to choose…or SHOULD we? Is this story we teach our children and sometimes misuse (in a moralistic, motivational-speaker kind of way – “get out there and conquer!”) is it ONLY an illustration of the Big Story or IS there some moral value to the story and, if so, what IS it and how do we follow it?
So, David and Goliath:
1) An Example to Direct Us
2) An Emblem to Delight Us
3) An Engine to Drive Us
