Bible Story Lessons

When David was a young shepherd boy, God chose him to be the future king of Israel.  Samuel the priest had come to David's home in Bethlehem to anoint him to be king over Israel.  But, at that time Saul was still the King of Israel.  One day Goliath, the Philistine giant, challenged a man from Saul's army to come and fight him.

It was young David who accepted, and with only a slingshot and five small stones as weapons, David bravely walked toward the giant who towered over him and made horrible threats of what he would do to David.  But David loved God and trusted that He would protect him, and that made the difference.  David swung his slingshot and shot off a stone that killed Goliath and Saul's army was then able to conquer the Philistine army.

After that battle, David moved into King Saul's palace and became loved like a brother by Saul's son Jonathan.  When King Saul was in a bad mood of unhappiness, only David's playing on the harp would comfort him.  This was because David played so well and sang beautiful songs praising God.

But King Saul grew jealous of David's popularity with the Israel people, and so he made him a commander of the army and sent him into battle, hoping that David would be killed by the Philistines.

But David was not killed, and was successful in all he did, and so the people loved him even more.  This made King Saul even more jealous and so he plotted David's death.   But Jonathan warned David and helped him to escape from Saul.

Later, King Saul and Jonathan were killed in battle with the Philistines, and David was very sad at the loss of his king and dearest friend, Jonathan.

And then David became King of all Israel, and never was there a greater king.  He continued to play his harp, and to compose songs of praise to God, and we can read many of those songs in our Bible in the book of Psalms.

What was the secret of David's success?  It was because he loved God and served Him with all his heart.  He was not only a great king, but also a good king, because he cared for all his people and they loved him in return!

God wants you to be obedient in all you do.  He wants you to obey your parents without making a fuss.  And as you grow up, God wants you to learn more about Jesus, so that you can love and serve Him.  This will make God very happy, and I'm sure you want this too.

I hope that you will always obey, love, and trust God just like David did!

God bless.