The Faithful Will Prevail

In King David’s life we can see that being faithful is acting faithfully. His life was full of problems which he overcame through his faith. It takes faithfulness to accept you’re weaknesses and go against someone you think is unbeatable. “David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” (17-37) God’s power takes us to do incredible things which we thought impossible. After all, believing without any real proof is
amazing and possibly incredibly insane. “So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.” (17-50) Humanity has always reached incredible goals through creativity. Maybe that is what the Lord wants us to do. Use our intelligence to overcome obstacles, having in mind that we are able to conquer our goals because of our faith in our ability as well as in God’s protection and guidance. Samuel shows us that we have to stand up for what we believe in, even if we are going against our parents. We have to be able to confront our fears with respect to others. We must though, make sure that whatever we’re doing has basic common sense and respect for all.

Samuel also shows us that there are going to be problems in our lives and there are going to be people who are going to be jealous towards us but we will surpass these people if we believe in God’s power and judgment. “The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.” (24-12) We can also see that since God is the supreme creator of all life he will know what to do about his people. We shouldn’t take the decision of ending another person’s life in our own hands (unless it’s an act of legitimate self-defense or defending your loved ones).