“Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you.”
Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.”
I Samuel 17:36b-40
We all know the story well.
David hears the taunts of the giant Goliath and is prepared to come against “…this uncircumcised Philistine…”
King Saul says: “Go, and the LORD be with you.”
Then, following the kings blessing, David is dressed in another mans’ ‘armor’.
What does David do next?
He refuses the armor and picks up the tools he is ‘used to’.
What about your life?
Are you trying to accomplish the word of the LORD for you with another mans’ equipping? To David’s credit he recognized that he could not do what he needed to do wearing armor and using tools made for another man.
Neither can you.
God is well able to equip you for the tasks He has called you to do.
Think of it as a custom fitted suit.
It is made just for you.
Some of David’s ‘tools’ used over the course of his life included a harp, a sling with five smooth stones and, as an author of much of the Book of Psalms, a pen.
What tools has God placed in your hand to do what He has called you to do?
Make no mistake, a harp, a sling and a pen are nothing more than a harp a sling and a pen unless God places them in our hands and anoints them for His purposes.
So today put down another mans’ ‘equipping’ and pick up what God has given you.
Only as you do that, will you find ‘success’. The sword David strapped on may have been quite impressive but, at least in David’s case, it was not
“…mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.”
Today, take up what God has for you.
Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.”
I Samuel 17:36b-40
We all know the story well.
David hears the taunts of the giant Goliath and is prepared to come against “…this uncircumcised Philistine…”
King Saul says: “Go, and the LORD be with you.”
Then, following the kings blessing, David is dressed in another mans’ ‘armor’.
What does David do next?
He refuses the armor and picks up the tools he is ‘used to’.
What about your life?
Are you trying to accomplish the word of the LORD for you with another mans’ equipping? To David’s credit he recognized that he could not do what he needed to do wearing armor and using tools made for another man.
Neither can you.
God is well able to equip you for the tasks He has called you to do.
Think of it as a custom fitted suit.
It is made just for you.
Some of David’s ‘tools’ used over the course of his life included a harp, a sling with five smooth stones and, as an author of much of the Book of Psalms, a pen.
What tools has God placed in your hand to do what He has called you to do?
Make no mistake, a harp, a sling and a pen are nothing more than a harp a sling and a pen unless God places them in our hands and anoints them for His purposes.
So today put down another mans’ ‘equipping’ and pick up what God has given you.
Only as you do that, will you find ‘success’. The sword David strapped on may have been quite impressive but, at least in David’s case, it was not
“…mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.”
Today, take up what God has for you.
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