You Really Need To Learn This One Lesson In Life.

​1 Sam. 17:37-39 - And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you." Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor. David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them."  NASU 

• You Have To Be Yourself 

David was not able to fight wearing Saul's equipment. David had to be himself. He could not be burdened with all of Saul's equipment. He was a shepherd. Their clothing was light, not heavy like the armor Saul was trying to place upon him.
 
Saul was a very tall man (I Sam.9:2). There was no way his armor was going to fit on David. David respectfully informs King Saul he cannot wear them for he has not had time to test or train in them and off they come.
 
Many times in life people will want us to be someone we are not. It is at times like this we need to be like David and be who we are. 

• David Was Comfortable In His Own Skin 

When David goes out to fight Goliath he went out the same way he did when a lion and a bear stole one of his father's sheep. 1 Sam. 17:40 - He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
 
He went as a shepherd who had FAITH in the God of Israel and he was going to be victorious.
 
This is what David says to Goliath, 1 Sam. 17:45-46 - Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and 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 taunted. 46 "This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,.…
 
David informs Goliath the God of Israel is not only going to deliver him into his hands He is going to deliver the entire Philistine Army into his hands.
 
David was comfortable being a shepherd. David was comfortable sharing his faith in the God of Israel. David knew God was the One who was directing his steps in this life. 

• What About Us? 

Are we comfortable in our own skin? Are we as bold as David to share our faith in the God of all creation?

We really must learn to be ourselves in this world.
 
Think On This: 
 
You Can't Be The Best When You're Trying To Be Like The Rest. Be Yourself.

Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word