An active sling shot

On Saturday we reflected on "waiting on the Lord" which, in the original Hebrew, means to have forward leaning tension, eager anticipation and confident hope, which I likened to an elastic band ready for action. Well, today I extended that to the sling shot which the very young David, at the time, used to slay his huge, strong and heavily armed Philistine enemy of the Israelites, Goliath. No-one in the army of Israel had felt confident enough to meet the huge, terrifying man, but David was ready to do so, with no hesitation. The passive, but ready, state of David's sling, as well as calm David himself, are representative of us when we build ourselves up daily on God's Word. David's Psalms start off describing a faithful follower of God as one"...whose delight is in the Law of the Lord and who meditates on His law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of living water, which yield its fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither. Whatever they do prospers" (Psalm 1:1). With this preparation of meditating on God's Word which builds up our trust in God and brings us peace, we can face our opponents however fierce they are. David ran quickly towards the battle line (see 1 Samuel 17:48) because he was so ready to meet Goliath and kill him because he absolutely knew God was with him and that he would prosper.