Facing a giant at any stage of life can be an overwhelming experience. Just look at David's battle with Goliath!  Five Smooth Stones tells the story of how victory occurred when God took an unsuspecting shepherd boy and helped him  overcome his giant.  By focusing on David of old, and the ever-present God who is available to us today, we can learn how to stand against our giants. 
    The five stones David chose from the brook represent five character traits that every person needs to stand against a giant.  David displayed these traits before he ever stepped into the valley against Goliath.  The spiritual resolve David exhibited when he departed his father’s farm, ran the  assigned errand, conducted himself rightly at the camp, and paused beside the brook exemplifies qualities everyone should seek to follow.
    The stone of obedience, the stone of readiness, the stone of courage, the stone of responsibility, and the stone of peace were the arsenal God used in David's character to stand against Goliath when no one else would.  In that one fateful day, David proved to us why he was a man after God’s heart.  His victory reminds us that God can use anything in our hands if we have the right things in our hearts!

 

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