"All of David's successful conquests are explained in this way: "The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went." Again we discover that the history of David is not about what David did for God, but about what God did for David!
The grace of God for man is too often turned into the idea that it is man who does heroic feats for God. Our humanistic dream is that we may do great things for God. We shall give our genius, our talents, and our strength to him...Yet the theme of grace is what he does for us!
The Almighty is not in a tight spot, needing men to come to his rescue. It is we who, in every hour and emergency of life, stand in need of the Lord to uphold and to deliver us. It is tragic when readers of Scripture barely notice the historical record, "The Lord gave victory to David," but rather bolster their humanistic theory that "David surely gave the Lord's cause a boost in his day."
Walter Chantry, David: Man of Prayer, Man of War, quoted in Start Here
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