David - Can I be like you?

The past two weeks the mens Bible study @ Cru has been talking about David. We started with his anointing last week and this week we talked about his battle vs. Goliath. It's really interesting to go back over this story with a real analytical outlook to see what was really going on. I just find it simply amazing how well David knew God. King Saul was asked to settle the battle with the philistines mano a mano style - one Israelite vs. Goliath. And for some reason, most likely the lion and the bear, Saul allows David to go up against this giant. To imagine the scale, imagine Moses Scofield taking on Joey Locke - now tell me, who would you bet on? I digress... David goes on to get suited up, but ends up refusing it because his body cannot support King Saul's armor. Now at this point if I were Saul I'd be worrying that I would be a Philistine slave pretty soon here, but still, God had his will done and David went on to fight the giant. Never backing down, David knocks the giant, armored Goliath on his face with A STONE!!! Something I didnt think about before - Goliath fell on his face. The significance of this is amazing - think about it this way...the Israelites fell on their face before God's holiness...Goliath did too, just not by his doing. God struck the giant down...to his face. How's that for a cool message?