Real Armor 211

"I have a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it!"
- anonymous

"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.
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
1 Samuel 17:38-40, 45,47

In reading this classic well known Old Testament battle yet again, my eyes were drawn to the verse where Saul attempts to dress the shepherd boy David in his armor.  David, even as the youth he was, realized that Saul's armor, was actually a hindrance, he realized, trusted,  that only the Lord would cover and protect him. Everyone present thought that Goliath, who was huge, frighteningly powerful, and downright scary, would make quick work of David- everyone except David and the Lord Almighty that is. David had seen the power of the Lord at work too many times to ever doubt; bears and lions had been slaughtered with the bare hands of this faithful shepherd boy.

When I think about when I have been faced with various "Goliaths", the difference in outcome has been a matter of faith. God is more than able to redeem, save, restore, and deliver, and there is a direct correlation between our faith and the outcome of our situations. Our protection is not man- made but God ordained. Salvation is from the Lord.