How You Respond Determines What You Receive

Your reaction determines your future.

Saul and David both heard the same thing, but how they responded determined their future.

Goliath was making threats. Saul heard it and David heard it.

Saul reacted in fear, whereas David chose action.

The king cowered but the shepherd boy was courageous.

What was the difference? – David had a personal experience. He had personal victories.

He had killed both a lion and a bear.

The time of training came during a time of obscurity – when no one knew his name.

He had no pulpit, no crown, no title- he just tended sheep.

But God trained him for the kingship while he was tending sheep.

1 Samuel 17

Date of service 2/22/25