ad protected her from any more damage than what had already been caused and had brought other people in her life to comfort her. I think that happens to all of us at some point in life. We feel battered and bruised by the waves of the storm, but when we careful look back there are obvious times when the Lord was right by our side. AND we may have actually learned some valuable lesson that otherwise may have not been learned. Ever been listening to the radio or watching the television and all of the sudden you hear. “This is a message from the Emergency Broadcast System. The following is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. In the event of a real emergency important information from you local news and weather would follow. Remember this is only a test.” And then comes that dreaded noise that we all immediately turn off. Those things are so annoying!! Think about it though, if we didn’t experience that test, we wouldn’t be prepared in the event of a real emergency. Sometimes we face trials in life as a test of our faith. It’s a way for God to see if we’re ready for the bigger emergencies of life. Let’s look at the story of David and Goliath. Goliath, a Philistine has made an attack on the Israelites. He’s a giant man, over nine feet tall, with all this heavy armor on ready to fight an Israelite. King Saul and all his men are terrified of Goliath. Three of David’s brothers get to go out to this battle, but David has to stay back and tend to the sheep. For forty days Goliath comes out to fight, yet none of the Israelites would go up against him. One day David is asked to take food to his brothers at their camp. He sees what is taking place and tells Saul that he will fight the Philistine. Saul tries to discourage him, saying that he’s too young and too small to fight Goliath. David replies by saying that the Lord will be with him. He recognizes that t...
