It is always a good practice to be prepared for the unexpected.
And it is even necessary to be prepared for emergencies.
Because what can go wrong can go wrong, or even will go wrong.
We may say that we have faith in God, but God also wants us to use our intelligence and our sense of the situation to be prepared.
In the 1st reading, David offered to go and fight the giant Goliath.
Saul was against it but David said that God will rescue him from the power of that Philistine Goliath, and so Saul agreed and gave him God’s blessings.
David took his staff in his hand, picked up five smooth stones, and with his sling in his hand, went to meet Goliath.
David believed that just with one stone, God will help him defeat Goliath.
But David was also prepared for unexpected and unforeseen dangers.
Also the number “5” in the Bible stands for divine grace, goodness, and favour.
And with sling in hand, David killed Goliath with just one stone, and showed the awesome power of God.
In the gospel, Jesus healed the man with the withered hand.
That also tells us that by the work of our hands, we give glory to God.
Let us also carefully discern what tasks we want to pick up with our hands.
May what we do give glory to God, and may what we do also be for the good of others.