In My Skin

Goliath is yelling, the soldiers are afraid, young David volunteers and King Saul offers his armor to David... why....it obviously wasn't working for him.... David tried it on but it didn't feel right so he took it off and killed the giant anyway!!...how? Why is it that we even "try" on the armor of someone else? Why did I even try the armor of my former pastor when I became pastor? I'm not talking about the armor of the Lord in Ephesians... I'm talking about trying to operate in other peoples strengths, gifts and methods. Why do I allow my life to accept these unnecessary "Attachments"? Am I comfortable in my own skin? Do I really trust that God has called ME? Do I need to look like "Saul" to feel like I'm engaged in the battle? David took off those things that weighed him down and took up the stones and the sling and his rod. I don't blame the "Saul's" in my life....it was me that even attempted to live in other people's stuff. When I trust in attachments, I'm saying, "What God has given me isn't good enough". Even though I feel a bit exposed, I'm fired up! I don't have time trying to adapt to methods and functions that havn't even been proven to work anyway... (If Saul's armor could get the job done why was it laying off to the side and why was Goliath still breathing?) Take the armor off! Take the armor off! Take the armor off!

Goliath watch OUT!