Lastly, we look at Israel’s “home-coming,” or victory parade.
In 1st Samuel 18:7 we read,
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
Now, while this was true, notice that the women were not giving the glory to God.
David’s reason for fighting Goliath was solely that God would be glorified. (1st Samuel 17:46,47).
“…….that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and He will give you into our hands.”
So these women had missed the point, they were speaking really in the flesh, and their statement was actually the origin of Saul’s hatred of David.
1st Samuel 18:8,9 says,
“And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.”
You see, the flesh just breeds more and more trouble.
Let us always give God the glory when He defeats our giants, and not to ourselves or anyone else.
