So many lessons in 1 Samuel 17
I. The enemy Philistines were where they were not supposed to be
    In a long low valley
    Saul and Israel were there in battle formation to protect
    But we do not find them seeking God
Ii. Their champion is there challenging them
    Standing on a hill to be seen, to be obvious
    He is a tall imposing figure
    He comes dressed in bronze armor wearing a bronze helmet, even on his shins
    He has a bronze sword between his shoulders
    He has a thick spear in his hand
    With a small shield bearer in front
Iii.He challenges Israel
     Why don’t we do this one on one?
     Aren’t you servants of Saul?
      Would not have believed God could deliver
     I defy the ranks of Israel
Iv.  Israel is terrified
      Goliath came 40 days 2 x a day
      But there was no faith in them
      Three of Jesses sons are there
        Perhaps enough for Saul to be satisfied
        No draft,  only choice
        Others were busy with family chores
V.  Jesse sends David
         Youngest, already anointed king
         Perhaps Jesse thought something would happen
         Took a large bounty to the camp
         David got up early and made provisions for the sheep
         He gets there and runs up to the line to hear
Vi.  Bounty of Saul
         Promise of Merab and riches, exemption
         Touted by Israelite man, an implant?
         David asks again perhaps to encourage a warrior to take the challenge
         Eliab, the oldest brother, I know your arrogance!
         Again he asks
   Vii. In front of Saul
          Don’t let anyone be discouraged, I will go
          But you are too young, too weak
          David. But I already killed a lion and a bear
            God often uses past experiences to remind us of His strength in
              present circumstances
           God will rescue me
           Use this armor
              Untried, Unnecessary, unaccustomed
              Maybe too large
           Resignation of Saul to defeat
      Viii. Prep with five smooth stones
             No way this would be enough
             No way these could kill or even wound
             It took time to choose David was calm
             He knew the size and kind to choose
             He was experienced with the use
             Not a natural way to use, to aim
    Ix.  The dare, the challenge
           The philistine.  Am I only a dog this little guy could hurt?
            I’ll give your flesh to be eaten by birds
            David.  You come with mans weapons
            I come in the name, the power of YHWH, God of Armies
            You, sir, have defied Him!
            Today after all your days of daring the Lord will hand you over to me
             I will cut your head off. Remember I don’t have a sword 
             I will give you to the birds and your army
             The world will know Israel has a real God,
             The world will know the battle is the Lord’s
             He will hand you over to us
X.   One stone
        Sank into his forehead, no physics, no physical way
        Did he forget his helmet?
        David pulls the enemy sword and slices off the head
        Israel chases after them all the way to Ekron
         But does no more
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Life is not fair!

Life is not fair,  there will always be those who have more or seem to have more. The government even takes less out of their paycheck. Paul says “godliness with contentment is great gain”. Be thankful for what you have first. More things will not satisfy. Rem you will not take things into. Heaven. Do we not have food and clothing? Even our poor in America are pushing shopping carts with clothing. How many times do we meet people who would tell you they are poor driving fine cars living in nice houses? Has not God always provided ? Can He not provide for each tomorrow? Will He not provide? Then why worry or carp?
Numbers 20 1-13
How Bad It Is
They just walked into the wilderness. Sometimes we walk into the wild and expect to walk out the next day. But God has lessons for each of us and lessons take time. 
Miriam sister to Moses and Aaron is dead. I never have had a sister except as an in law, but I know there are times when having one around who is related and knows what you’ve been through would be nice, but also with times of disagreement. But Miriam is gone. Don’t you know Moses wrestled with loss.? 
Now the people he’s trying to lead assemble against him.
If only we were dead. You brought us here 
You lead us out of Egypt. Did we not have food and water there?
There are no grain, no vines with grapes, no pomegranates. 
There is no water:The real complaint. 
Moses and Aaron’s response:The tent of meeting with God
We know Moses had been there many times.
He gave the problem to God. And He gives them the solution 
Have I given the problem to Him?
Have I heard His response or have I come up with my solution?
God's solution: Speak to the rock. But Moses heard that is the rock 
Have I heard God correctly?
Did I listen?
Moses did hear take the staff
But he strikes the rock.
But God is merciful to the people and gives them water anyway

Right man--right job

Right man—right job

Mike Holmes—Canadian builder, but more importantly he goes in when builders fail. Many times in new homes things are built shoddily.

People don't want to know how much you know as they want to know how much you care.

The best man for the job are  not necessarily men of leadership, but men of ability and caring enough to do the job and do it rightly.

If you care enough: 1. You will do the job to the best ability you can    2. You will improve every time you do the same job.

The job starts with the foundation. If the foundation is crooked what you build on it will not last,

it will always give you trouble. What you build on it after the foundation is easily changed, but the foundation is very difficult to change once the building is built. The foundation needs to be built with

the right nails and screws and lumber if it is to last. But even these, put together wrongly, won't last.

The foundation has to have a leader with a plan.

An alligator can be caught with a hook and a heavy line, but even these lines have only so much strength and can be broken. Holding on to that line and the gator will bang the side of the boat jumping at you like crazy because he doesn't want to be caught. Stay away from those teeth that are trying to chomp down on you or they will put you in a world of hurt miles away from 911. Likely you're dead or at least a broken bone or three but still a shot to a quarter size opening in the back of the head and the gator's dead. I wouldn't want to be those guys, because its best when there are two in that small boat, but still there is a right man or two for that job.

The TV has so many interesting introductions to jobs, it didn't have in my youth. Dirty jobs with mike Rowe, Alaskan bush people with the Brown family living in the cold of Alaska way off the grid and loving it, or perhaps you want to be a part of the Kilcher family homesteading in the same state for several generations. Then there's the wild life officer arresting people for taking fish illegally. He said “I can't believe I get paid to do this” So much to chose from.

On the other hand it also has commercials, many more, showing you a problem and in 30 seconds or less giving you the solution.

We find still another Alaskan man who loves to be alone mainly with his dogs, taking care of them, 

but also training them for the Iditarod not me, far too much cold.    We find a woman living alone at a remote airport who fills the tanks of those planes in her area needing fuel, but also taking care of herself by hunting for her food on the surrounding tundra, not me, far too much snow.

ScienceDaily

There was a recent article in ScienceDaily: Latest Science News :Engineering a permanent solution to genetic diseases. Great, now sientists think they can cure our genetic

diseases! But look back on the failures—we still have problems in New Orleans because the engineers cured our problems with silt, yet Katrina almost wiped
out the city. For every cure, there seems to be a problem. In the same issue

Charting the slow death of the universe and Important gaps found in evidence for best methods for cleaning hospital rooms to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Also discovered Link between hunger and health care costs. It seems that if you can't put food on the table, you can't afford a doctor. Jesus said,

“the poor you have with you always” and “you can do good for them anytime you desire”. But the Great Society has failed to end poverty after 50 years. They also ran an article:Raises for elected representatives could lead to better representation.

Amazingly enough congress has been trying that idea out for the past 200 plus years and has yet to improve our laws. The same issue has:Brushing off the dust: New snail species found lying in a museum since the 19th century. What a snail has been crawling around in our museums all this time in front of many scientists

and we've just now seen it? Now I like NFL style football but:Altered brain development among former NFL players, study suggests. Yes, banging heads into one another does cause problems even with our modern helmets.

David and Saul

We as Americans do not like following the leadership particularly the political leaders of

the USA. We offer our opinions on everything they say and do and are ready to remove

them from office immediately when they do something we do not agree with. Particularly

we in the church of whom Jesus Christ is the head do we want to remove especially after.

a change. When the pastor of evangelical church has been in place for years and then

moves, then a new pastor is in place, things change because the new pastor emphasizes

new aspects. The congregants want to remove him and go back to the old pastors ways.

God, however, has different ideas. God wants to reach the community and when He

moves a pastor on is not the time to leave.

God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel. However, after he had been in office for

a short while God told Samuel to anoint David as the next king. Now David had all

the reason to think now he should be installed as king, however, God wanted him to

wait for a while. Even while Saul was chasing David down to kill him, David did not

rebel against him as king. This is our example in a church leadership change. We are

not to pickup and leave just because the old familiar leadership is out. God wants to

teach us new things. Our post is to pray for the leadership and support it as much as

we can. Our post is to believe God and follow, not to criticize that "he is not doing

the same (old) thing that the old pastor would have done", no, now is a new day and

God is doing a new thing.