Friday... And David wasn't a fool.

Proverbs 26:8 (NLT), "Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot."

Friday... And David wasn't a fool.

I know you have heard the story from the Old Testament of young David killing the giant Goliath with five smooth stones. Now some would call him a fool as a young teen picking up five stones and going out to kill this giant. Even his own brothers thought he was a fool. But he did it. And he really only needed one stone and one God. And therein lies the difference.

David was no fool. And for sure he did not tie a stone to his slingshot. In fact he was very wise, and he has been honored.

Now the key was not that he used a slingshot to kill this giant. The key is he had God on his side. And that is what it means to be wise.

What giant are you facing today and do you have God on your side?

We get so caught up in our abilities thinking that we can do anything. Yes, humans have great abilities and they can accomplish so much. And we were created in God's image but no way was David going to kill that giant on his own. "Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot." And really facing giants is foolish without God.

Do you realize that using a young man with a slingshot was God's plan?

Yes, there was a big army there who could have killed that giant but they were afraid. Not believing that they could have handled this situation was very foolish. God was right there but their leader, King Saul had turned away from God which was so foolish. He was just what one would think of to be a king. But he turned away form God.

We have all these ideas that to us really makes sense like tying a rock to a slingshot. So what giant are you facing today? Listen, you have what it takes to handle it if you have God at your side and you listen to him and do what he says.

Look at these Proverbs. Verse 1, "Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest."

Verse 3, "Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back."

Verse 4, "Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are."

Verse 5, "Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation."

Verse 6, "Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison!"

Verse 7, "A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg."

And verse 8, "Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot."

Back to Proverbs 1:7, "Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."

And verse 8 in the Amplified Bible says, "Like one who [absurdly] binds a stone in a sling [making it impossible to throw], so is he who [absurdly] give honor to a fool."

1 Samuel 17:40 (NLT) says about David facing Goliath, "He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine." Verse 49, "Reaching into his shepherd's bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down." Yes, David came to this battle with five smooth stones and (vs.45) "... in the name of the Lord of Heaven's Armies."

And the Lord made all of the difference. And He will in our lives too! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning