CHARACTER NEEDED – BIBLE SKETCHES
Character Needed,
by Robert Allen, published by Regular Baptist Press, includes 33 skits
illustrating the truths of each of the verses in Proverbs 15. These Character
Needed – Bible Sketches are designed to accompany those contemporary plays,
illustrating the same character traits by use of a Bible story.
CHARACTER NEEDED
DAVID’S MERRY DAY
Proverbs 15:13
I Samuel 17:1-58
Character Trait: Joy
Cast of Characters
Narrator
David
Eliab
Goliath
NARRATOR: David kicked merrily at the stones
as he ran along the path toward the valley
of Elah. In a pack on his back was cheese and corn and
loaves of bread for his brothers who were off with the army of King Saul
fighting the Philistines. But David
wasn’t thinking about battles and fighting.
He was just enjoying the trip as he ran across the countryside to carry
the food to his brothers. He was so
happy that he made up words to praise God as he ran.
DAVID: Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens. Praise Him from the heights. Praise ye Him, all His angels. Praise Him all His hosts.
NARRATOR: David had left very early that
morning, early enough to see the sun rise as it came up over the Judean
hills. And now he was getting very close
to the camp of the Israelite army. He
could see all of the tents spread out across the valley, and he could look over
to the side of the opposite hill where the tents of the Philistines were
pitched. Quickly he found where his
brothers were camping and gave them the food.
They were just sitting there in the doors of their tents. David hadn’t really expected to find them
there, he thought they would be out in battle.
DAVID: Why isn’t the battle going
on today? Has King Saul declared a
truce?
ELIAB: No way. Just listen.
You’ll understand.
NARRATOR: Just then, across the valley, David spotted one of the biggest men he had
ever seen. He turned to ask his brother
who it was, but then he heard the voice.
GOLIATH: I defy the army of Israel. I am Goliath, the Philistine. And you are the servants of Saul. Why are you come out to battle against
us? Choose one man to come and fight
with me. If he is able to defeat me,
then we will be your servants. But if I
am able to kill him, then you will be our servants. I defy the army of Israel. Give me a man that he may fight with me!
DAVID: Well?
ELIAB: Well, what?
DAVID: Why doesn’t someone go
fight with him?
ELIAB: Fight him?
DAVID: Sure, who does he think he
is, defying the army of the living God?
Why, he’s just an uncircumcised Philistine. He doesn’t have any business challenging God’s
army like that. Why, I would think that
every man in the entire valley would be anxious to get out there and fight him.
ELIAB: And I suppose you could
defeat him?
DAVID: Sure I could. When I was watching sheep, a lion came one
day. And other day a bear took a lamb
out of the flock. I took that lion by
the throat and killed him to rescue my little lamb. I killed both the lion and the bear, and I
can defeat this Philistine giant. Why,
he has defied the army of the living God.
He can’t get away with that.
ELIAB: Oh, go back to your
sheep.
NARRATOR: That’s what all his brothers said
to him. But then King Saul heard what
David was saying, and before David knew it, he was on his way to do just what
he said he could do. Well, fighting a
giant was not what David had planned to do when he got up that morning, but it
was still a great day because he knew that God would be with him. So he was singing and praising God as he
walked down the path toward the valley where Goliath waited. As he came to a little stream, he stopped,
picked up five smooth stones, and then started on again toward Goliath.
GOLIATH Hah! What’s this?
They’re sending a little red-haired kid to fight me? Why don’t you go back to your mother where
you belong, kid?
DAVID: You have your shield and
spear and sword, Goliath. But I have
something better. I come to you in the
power of the Lord of hosts, the God of the army of Israel, the One you have defied.
GOLIATH: Hah, hah! You’re going to need all the power you can
get. Do you think I’m a dog or something?
Are you going to chase me away with that little stick you are
carrying? Or maybe you think you can
scare me with your sling?
DAVID: This day the Lord is going
to deliver you into my hand, Goliath.
I’m going to smite you and take your head, and we’re going to defeat
your entire army to boot.
GOLIATH: What a joke! I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous in
all my life. Why, my sword is bigger
than you are. Oh well, let’s get it over
with. Come on over here and I will give
your flesh to the birds of the air and to the animals to tear apart after I
have killed you.
DAVID: You can try. But today everyone is going to know that the
Lord doesn’t save anyone with the sword and spear. This battle belongs to the Lord, and no giant
can defeat Him. He will give you into my
hand, and then everyone will know that there is a God in Israel.
NARRATOR: Goliath picked up his sword and
spear then, and started down toward David.
He knew this would be easy. He
was all covered with armor and David didn’t even have a spear. As he lumbered down the path, he started
slashing his sword through the air. Each
time it swung around it came closer and closer to David. But David didn’t wait for him to come all the
way. He took one of the smooth stones
and put it carefully into his sling.
Then he started swinging it around and around. When the sling was going so fast that you
couldn’t even see it, David released the stone.
It flew straight toward the giant and hit him in the only place not covered
with armor, his forehead. The huge
giant’s knees crumpled and he fell down dead.
DAVID: That will teach you to
defy the army of the living God.
Forward, men! Charge the
Philistines, for the battle is the Lord’s!
NARRATOR: Well, it was a great day. And when it was over, David was even happier
than he had been when the day began. For
he knew that God had been with him all the day.
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