For a business venture to succeed or for a product to sell, it is necessary to get the people's attention.
Even for the Church to carry out her work of mission of evangelization, she has to employ modern means to reach out to people and get their attention.
In the 1st reading, David certainly caught the attention of the people when he defeated the Goliath.
It was an amazing victory and the people sang his praises.
But not everyone was happy. Saul was very angry and the attention given to David was not to his lliking.
Obviously it was jealousy and those who want to succeed must be prepared to face the jealousies of others.
And more so for Christians, we must face jealousies as a tactic by the devil to use others to discourage us.
May the Lord grant His blessings on the work of our hands and may we not succumb to the temptation of pride, nor be discouraged by the jealousies of others.