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A Review of David's Story and Faith Using Objects from David's Life

The following list of objects comes from a member Wendy Humphries. Each item could be collected and used for storytelling or drama, or as props in a "what does this represent" game, or each object could be represented in an ART COLLAGE of David's Life, or series of stained glass projects.

1. Staff
David was a shepherd boy. God used David’s experiences as a shepherd boy to prepare him to
lead his people as a king. Being a shepherd taught David to care for others. As a shepherd, David also learned to trust God to deliver him from danger. Perhaps the most important thing David learned while tending his flock was to recognize God as His shepherd.

2.Olive oil
David was anointed to be the second king of Israel. When God chose a man to replace Saul as
king he was not looking for a man who was very handsome on the outside. God was looking at the heart.

3. Sling and stone
David killed the giant, Goliath. When Goliath threatened the Israelite army and everyone else was afraid, including big, strong King Saul, David had faith that God would be with him. He defeated the giant with a sling and a stone.

4. Harp
Musician, played the harp for King Saul and wrote songs of praise. The music were psalms of faith, comfort, peace and trust.

5. Sword
David spared Saul’s life on two occasions when he easily could have killed him. (Also,
Saul tried to kill David while David was playing the harp for him on more than one occasion).

6. Bow and arrows
– Friendship with Jonathan, Saul’s son. Jonathan gave David his robe, tunic, sword, bow
and belt. Jonathan was loyal to David and years later David kept his promise to Jonathan.

7. Crutch
Kindness to Mephibosheth (Handicapped son of Jonathan). David invited Jonathan’s son into his
palace to live.

8. Lamb
Sin with Bathsheba and Nathan’s story of the lamb. David was a good person who loved God. But
even good people can sin. David sinned. He fell in love with another man’s wife. Then he arranged for the husband of Bathsheba to be killed in battle. God’s prophet, Nathan, was sent to accuse David of his sin. David had done an evil thing. After Nathan’s story of the lamb, David confessed his sin. He did not pretend he had done nothing wrong. David admitted he had sinned and asked for God’s forgiveness! Sometimes you and I will sin, too. When we do we can remember David. We can pray and ask God for forgiveness.

9. Wig
Absalom tries to steal the kingdom from his father, King David, and ends up hanging in a tree by his hair as he tries to escape.

10. Crown
David became the 2nd King of Israel and its most famous king. By his faith and courage, worship, and ability to ask for forgiveness for his mistakes David demonstrated to his people a righteous life.

11. Heart 
God referred to David as “a man after my own heart” Acts 13:22
Museum of Biblical History

12. Cross
David was an ancestor of Jesus Christ When we think of David, we think: shepherd, poet, giant-killer, king, ancestor of Jesus. In short, one of the greatest men in the Old Testament. But alongside that list stands another: betrayer, liar, cheater, and murderer. The first list gives qualities we all might like to have, the second we would not like to imitate. The Bible does not hide David’s failures. Yet he is remembered and respected for his heart for God. David more than anything else, had an unchangeable belief in the faithful and forgiving nature of God. He sinned more than once, but was quick to confess his sins. His confessions were from the heart, and his repentance was real. David never took God’s forgiveness lightly or God’s blessings for granted. David experienced the joy of forgiveness even when he had to suffer the consequences of his sins.

David was:

•The greatest king of Israel
•Ancestor of Jesus Christ
•Listed in the Hall of Fame in Hebrews 11
•A man described by God Himself as a man after His own heart