1 Samuel 17 is truly legendary. David, Goliath, a stone. That old enemy of Israel, the Philistines, had gathered its armies together to battle. Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together as well. Both forces camping in their respective places. At that time, Israel arrayed itself on one mountain side while the Philistines stood on the other mountain side with a valley (more correctly - a ravine) in between.
The Philistines had a champion named Goliath. He stood over nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet, a coat of mail, bronze armor on his legs, a bronze javelin and a spear - and all of it was very heavy and imposing. All he wore or carried said "power". He was outfitted to the hilt. A visible display of force / domination. He also had a loud mouth and cast insults toward the Israelites and demanded engagement on his terms. He was big, loud and angry. Such can be the enemies of God's people.
I suspect that each day the Israelites would roll out of their tents and survey the morning horizon. Each day, there he would come again. Just to confront them. Their eye would be drawn to him. Possibly, they would look to the side, but in the back of their mind, they could not escape him. This Goliath. Morning by morning, still there.
Then, one day a tender youth arrived. "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." He would run to the enemy and say, "I come to you in the name". Young David had his eyes on Someone else.
