Article July 10, 1937 Issue

"The battle is the Lord's"

CAROLINE B. WINGERT

One stone from the hand of David was sufficient to bring Goliath of Gath to the earth. The Scriptural record of the overthrow of Goliath by the shepherd boy with his sling has always been a source of inspiration to Bible students. Terrifying, indeed, appeared this great giant as he came forth from the camp of the Philistines, defying the armies of Israel, and saying: "Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us."

The boy David, keenly aware of the presence and protection of God, faced the giant with sublime courage, and, according to the record, "put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth." Calmly he took one stone from the bag and threw it, exactly hitting the mark. David's awareness of divine power delivered him. He knew that God is One and supreme, and because of this assurance he was neither terrified nor confused. Previous experience had developed in David strength, courage, and faith, and now he must have been entirely convinced that a destructive Goliath was impotent in the face of omnipotence.

Just as David prevailed over Goliath with the sling and one small stone, so today intelligent reliance on God operates as a law of annihilation to all that is unlike good. When we as individuals or nations are faced with what seems intense opposition or insurmountable difficulty, do we calmly rely on the simple truth that there is one perfect God and His one perfect creation? Do we always remember that "the battle is the Lord's," and that, whatever the stature or nature of the Goliath in our path, it is merely a magnified effort of error to make us forget the ever-presence of God, good—an attempt to enthrone evil in our consciousness?

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