The early church father, Irenaeus, wrote the often-quoted phrase, "The glory of God is man fully alive." This smacks of pop-spirituality--best you, best life, right now. But there's truth in it.

"The single most characteristic thing about David is his relationship to God. ...The evidence for David's pervasive, saturated awareness of God is in his profusion of metaphor: rock, fortress, deliverer, refuge, shield, horn of salvation, stronghold, savior. David is immersed in God. Every visibility reveals an invisibility. David names God by metaphor."

In Luke 4:16-21 Jesus announces that the hope of a just, healthy, community is fulfilled in Him. Hooray! Justice!

Guess what happens next? They carry Jesus on their shoulders and celebrate? Nope. They try to lynch Him.

David versus Goliath looks like Genesis 3. There is the "snake" defying God. There is King "Adam," charged with "keeping" God's people but failing. But this is new: a Spirit-filled champion who will answer the snake so God's glory might fill the earth. And he will sacrifice himself to see it done. It reminds us of Genesis 3 but also pictures the future fulfillment of the Genesis 3:15-promise.

In 2 Samuel 13-18, David is broken; he's a non-character: he stops being an actor and becomes a prop. But it's still David’s story; only now it is told through the story of others. And there is only one character in these chapters who interacts with David in a good way.

For YOU have died, and YOUR LIFE is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then YOU also WILL APPEAR with him in glory. (Col 3:3-4)

The season of David's life described in 2 Samuel 2-5 raises some questions.  

Words of inspiration from... Piglet.  Yes, Piglet-and-Pooh, Piglet.

The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; his word is on my tongue. (2 Sam 23:2)
Now we have received...the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (1 Cor 2:12)

What does the truth say about you?  Here's a hint: it's a "good testimony."  The truth is not like "everyone."  The Gospel-Truth does not wait around assessing your works.  Rather, it is a plain statement about Jesus' works and what they mean for you.