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Question 7
David tells Saul about killing the lion and bear, and the speaker insists this wasn’t just courage-talk but a disclosure of David’s intended method (slinging) and years of preparation; what hidden, uncelebrated obedience in your life is currently forming the weapon you will someday need in public conflict?
Another way to ask: What quiet, unseen acts of obedience in your life might be training you for a bigger challenge you’ll face later in public?
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Direct Answer
Based on the speaker’s point, the “hidden obedience” is the daily, unrecognized practice of faithfulness where skills are formed before anyone applauds—like David protecting sheep and refining what later becomes decisive in public.
- David explains that when “a bear and a lion tried to steal his sheep,” he pursued, struck, rescued, and killed them.
- The speaker says this story is “much more than just his courage,” but a clue that David plans to fight Goliath “with the very same method… a slinger, a projectile warrior.”
- He emphasizes long preparation: David was “learning the art of a slinger many years as a shepherd boy.”
- The repeated phrase frames it as routine faithfulness: “diligently, daily protecting his sheep.”
- The teacher notes the secrecy: “until this story was written, nobody knew about the lion… and nobody knew about the bear,” yet later “the whole nation saw the great victory.”