God's been speaking one word to me in relation to the whole story of David and Goliath. "Simplicity". I've been meditating on that word for a couple of weeks.
As I research a shepherd's life in those days, I find that at first glance you'd think it was a simple life. No home to keep up, just pick up and move to the next green pasture. But when you start to realize all that went into shepherding, it wasn't that easy. You had to help the new lambs, protect from danger, look ahead to where the next green pasture was and lead them all there.
But simplicity could have come in the sense that David used whatever resources he had with him. The staff and the sling and stone. The staff could lead and also keep prey away. The sling and stone could do deadly damage to enemies of the sheep.
I think David must have had 2 main focus points in his life: 1) his sheep and 2) his music. I don't know how much spare time he would have had out there in the fields, but we know he was a great musician, so he must have made time to practice while he was out there.
So I contemplate simplicity and how it applies to me. You can hear more about that in the audio version of this blog and listen to a piano song that is simply - simple.
Listen here to the song "Simplicity".
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