Confidence... King David Style

Here's something that I've been thinking about lately and I wanted to share it with yall before the long season. Anytime you're having some doubts or not trusting your abilities you can turn to King David. Be prepared to get completely fired up though. Here's what we know. We know that David was blessed with bravery from the time he was just a tot. When he was a young shepherd David defended his sheep against man eating predators. In fact David was attacked by a bear and a lion, and crushed them both times. His weapon of choice was a sling that he could fire with deadly accuracy. When his people were brought up against Goliath and the Philistines David volunteered to go to battle for his people against the 10 foot giant when nobody else wanted to fight him. In fact, David couldn't believe nobody else would fight Goliath. Here's something that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle of the story of David and Goliath. We all know the story. David takes his sling and fires a stone hitting the Giant, Goliath, in the forehead so hard it killed him. Now, if you turn back a few pages you'll see that David went to the river and picked out 5 smooth stones. Why five you ask? It wasn't so he had backups for Goliath. Goliath had four brothers and he thought that after he killed Goliath his brothers would come get some too. David trusted in God and told the Israelites that the Lord would protect him. He also looked the giant right in the face and told him that He was fighting in the name of the Almighty God. He called his shot when he said he would chop Goliath's head off (and he used Goliath's sword to do it). If that was me I woulda grabbed like 30 stones just in case. David, needed only five. Five stones for five kills. That's confidence, and that pumps me up. So when you're trying to make a pitch or drive the ball or even trying to accomplish almost anything, you should use Davids example. He wasn't concerned with missing. He wasn't worried about not getting the job done. He was confident in his ability and trusted in God and God's awesome plan. Somebody please make a movie about the life of David so Hawksworth and I can stop dreaming about it. Good night

-waino