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The Philistines had a fearsome champion, a giant of a man called Goliath. The whole battle depended on him being slain. No one in King Saul’s army wanted to fight him. Along came a young shepherd who was willing. He didn’t have any real weapons, just a sling and a few rocks. What he did have was a living faith in the living God. Wild animals were an occupational hazard for David and it seems that he had fought a fair few. As he went to fight the Philistine hulk David explained the source of his courage: “ The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from  the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. " David’s faith had an organic quality about it. It grew. Each time a bigger problem arose he could say “God helped me with that in the past, He will help me with this is the present”. Every obstacle became an opportunity to practice what he had learned before and a preparation for bigger problems that might arise in the future. Step by step,...