"Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail, and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.”
So David put them off."
1 Samuel 17:38-39
As I read this passage, and meditated on it, the Spirit impressed upon me that Saul, who often trusted in his own strength, and not in the Lord's, strived to put his protective natural armor on David, instead of asking the Lord at first for divine guidance, protection, and victory - to which David responded to by taking them off. He realized that Saul's armor was untested, too heavy, clumsy, and burdensome, and would've made him a sitting duck for Goliath.
God had given David his strength, guidance, protection and victory in the face of seemingly insurmountable overwhelming odds against him!
In our own lives, there are situations that can arise that mirror this story. We are presented with choices, worldly/natural - or - supernatural. The natural solutions are visible, tangible, and to a worldly mind, make sense, but are often the wrong choice. The challenge is to be able to let the God of the Universe, aka our Heavenly Father, do what only He can do.
With God on our side, we can shut the mouths of lions, walk through furnaces, swallow poison and not be harmed, walk though parted seas, and slay giants.
Absolutely nothing is impossible through Him who loves us!
So David put them off."
1 Samuel 17:38-39
As I read this passage, and meditated on it, the Spirit impressed upon me that Saul, who often trusted in his own strength, and not in the Lord's, strived to put his protective natural armor on David, instead of asking the Lord at first for divine guidance, protection, and victory - to which David responded to by taking them off. He realized that Saul's armor was untested, too heavy, clumsy, and burdensome, and would've made him a sitting duck for Goliath.
God had given David his strength, guidance, protection and victory in the face of seemingly insurmountable overwhelming odds against him!
In our own lives, there are situations that can arise that mirror this story. We are presented with choices, worldly/natural - or - supernatural. The natural solutions are visible, tangible, and to a worldly mind, make sense, but are often the wrong choice. The challenge is to be able to let the God of the Universe, aka our Heavenly Father, do what only He can do.
With God on our side, we can shut the mouths of lions, walk through furnaces, swallow poison and not be harmed, walk though parted seas, and slay giants.
Absolutely nothing is impossible through Him who loves us!
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