There’s No Sword Like That Sword by Dawson Parker

Today’s Passage –  1 Samuel 19 – 21 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers also read – Matthew 7 – 8; Proverbs 4; Psalms 16 – 20)

Read the “0404 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

“9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.” (1 Samuel 21:9)

I Samuel 21-23

I want to point out a few things that we should keep in the back of our minds as we go into reading this passage. Just a few chapters prior, David miraculously defeated Goliath and this caused all of Judah and Israel to love David and want him to be their new king. However, this made King Saul very jealous to the point that he wanted to kill David. It is important that we understand that David is on the flee from Saul and he is running for his life.

In I Samuel 21:1, we see that David comes to Ahimelech the priest and is going to get a few things that will aid in his journey as he flees this enemy that wants his life ruined even unto death. Although David has God on his side, David realizes that he needs a weapon. In verse 8, David asks Ahimelech if he has a spear or sword and in verse 9, we see that there was a sword wrapped up in a cloth. This is a great picture of preservation, in that God was keeping that sword perfect for the right time. David takes this sword and remembers the time he used it to cut off the head of Goliath… a time-tested sword that had already won some battles. David says, “There is none like that; give it me”, and takes this sword with him as he flees his enemy Saul. Out of all the things David could have taken with him, he wanted a weapon and he chose the sword.

We can learn a lot from this story and apply it in our lives in that we also have a real enemy, Satan, who is seeking to steal, kill and destroy our lives. We are on the flee every day from this enemy and we need to realize the importance of taking a sword with us. Ephesians 6:17 calls the word of God the sword of the Spirit; you see, God has provided us with the exact weapon we need, a preserved sword that is time tested and has won many battles, the King James Bible. 

I am so thankful for this application from this story and for God giving us his perfect Word. God’s Word is truly the difference maker in this life, but we need to make sure that we are using it as a weapon against our flesh, temptation and Satan. In order to use Gods Word as an efficient weapon, we must know how our weapon works inside and out. I think we can all improve in the area of reading our Bibles and being a diligent student of Gods Word. 

Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Dawson and Lexi Parker