1Sa 17:28, …Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I KNOW YOUR PRIDE AND THE INSOLENCE OF YOUR HEART, …
David’s brother Eliab didn’t think much of his younger brother. He believed he was only good to take care of their father’s sheep! Eliab could only see his exterior and called it pride yet, it wasn’t pride it was faith in the living GOD!
Jer 17:10, I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
1Sa 17:45,46,47, Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. BUT I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, whom you have defied… This day THE LORD WILL DELIVER YOU INTO MY HAND… that all the earth may know that THERE IS A GOD IN ISRAEL. … Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
DAVID HAD FAITH IN HIS GOD AND WITH THAT FAITH HE CONFRONTED THE GIANT. DAVID GAVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD! IT WASN’T PRIDE THAT MOVED DAVID BUT, A COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE LIVING GOD!
Psa 18:2-3, THE LORD IS MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER; MY GOD, MY STRENGTH, IN WHOM I WILL TRUST; MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION, MY STRONGHOLD. I WILL CALL UPON THE LORD, WHO IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!