David Bible Study Lesson Snippet
Why did David use Goliath's own sword to defeat him?
1 Samuel 17. 49-51 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
David ran to meet his enemy and slung the stone to find a gap in Goliath’s helmet for it to lodge in his forehead. There was no sword in the hand of David so he used Goliath’s own sword to cut off his head. We need to think of this as a battle between two representatives which meant slavery or freedom. This pictures for us the battle for our redemption between Jesus and Satan, David uses Goliath’s own weapon to cut off his head, the same way Jesus used the crucifixion and death to defeat Satan. Hebrews 2.14-15 “...that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage”. Death was Satan’s weapon and Jesus used this means to defeat him and bring us freedom.
So what are our Goliaths?
We may not face a physical giant that is 9 foot 6 inches (2.9m) tall who wants to feed us to the birds of the air. Our goliaths can be anything that cause us to fear or tremble. Situations of which we are afraid or circumstances that are too big for us to handle. The nation of Israel had giants to face in their walk with God and we will too. Our goliaths are our own and sometimes collective. We must face them with God and trust Him for the outcome.
From: 1 Sam 17 - David & Goliath, Jesus & Satan