One of the reasons that Jesus is the true and better David is because he will not grow weary. Compare verse 15 here with Isaiah 40:28. Verse 15: ‘And David grew weary’ and Isaiah 40:28: ‘He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable’. We grow weary in our service of God at times. Sometimes simply physical weariness. […]

In these verses, David is both like and unlike the Lord Jesus Christ. He’s like the Lord Jesus in that the nation’s hopes are completely bound up with him. After Ishbi-benob nearly kills David, his men say to him: ‘You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.’ To talk about David […]

Something else which will help you not grow weary in doing good is the reminder here that God silences his enemies. Not only do we have Goliath’s brother in this chapter. (He’s called Goliath here, but in 1 Chronicles 20:5, he’s referred to as Goliath’s brother.) We also have someone who talks like Goliath. We’re not told his name in […]