qqqqq^ THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT qqqqq 89
I know that David must have read about
Samson and was inspired by his testimonies. Then
the day came when Samuel, the prophet of God,
came to his father’s house and poured oil on his
head. After he had done that, he told David, “Now
you’re anointed by the Holy Spirit,” and from then
on the Spirit of the Lord rested upon David. He
went back to taking care of his father’s sheep, but
he was a different man; he was carrying the
anointing.
One of those days, a lion came to take a lamb
from his flock. Other men would have fled, but
David, being full of the Spirit, charged after the
lion, delivered the lamb from its mouth, and killed
it. He said, “I caught it by its beard.” That’s
marvellous!
Another time, a bear came to take one of the
lambs as David tended the flock and it met the
same fate as the lion. Also, when he faced Goliath
of Gath, the Philistine giant, he told him he would
end up like those beasts he had killed, and that
was exactly what happened.