There
was this giant of a problem named Goliath. Every
day he would confront the armies of King Saul
and challenge them to deal with him.
But the men of Saul were frightened. And, therefore,
they never really responded to the challenge.
They just suited up in their armour and walked
back and forth, posturing in such a way that maybe
the giant would just go away.
Then, one day, along came a shepherd boy named
David. He heard Goliath's taunt and was dismayed
that all the men of Saul were so frightfully risk
aversive.
And in his dismay, he looked at that giant of
a problem and immediately determined to deal with
it. He went to Saul and said:
DO
NOT LOSE HEART, SIR. I CAN GO AND FIGHT THIS
PHILISTINE.
And
Saul did not lose heart. On the contrary, he took
heart and trusted that little David really could
deal with this giant.
Now,
it needs to be said that initially Saul wanted
to protect David from the giant's power. Therefore,
Saul took his own armour, the very best available
(and, of course, the most expensive) and put it
on David. But David knew he couldn't pretend to
be something he wasn't. Furthermore, he couldn't
even walk in all that fancy gear. So he stripped
down for action, carefully analyzed the situation,
wisely chose just five smooth stones -- that's
usually all it takes -- and went out to subdue
the giant.
