Story: I love being someone else on stage during a skit at camp. A dumb bad guy who always gets things wrong or a good guy that some how gets the job done and saves the day. I love to try different voices and just be someone else for a little while.
The problem: There are times through out my life that I look back and wonder what I was thinking. I would try to act cool like some other kids in my school but at the end of the day I always felt even more out of place. Even years later I would try to be like those I worked around.
Scripture: David in a way, shows us that we need to be who God has made us. In 1 Samuel 17:38 – 40 he is being outfitted to go into battle with things that were not made for him. He was being fitted into Saul’s armor. It was not made or crafted for David so he most people would have done in that situation which was to…take it off??? Wait what!!! Did he not know that he was about to battle a GIANT? I would have had every piece of armor I could have on me to protect me plus I would have gone out looking like I was a warrior.
Application: Isn’t that true of most of us? We put on things that we think we should in a figurative way wear. Whether that be the way we act around others or the way we lead or the way we want to be seen as the funnier person to be around, God wants us to be who He has made us to be. It didn’t fit David so he just didn’t wear, also had a faith that was unmatched in God. He faced the battle with courage knowing that God was calling him to be himself and face a challenge with Gods help and guidance.
Think about it: I hope that I will do the same with the battle of life. If it doesn’t fit don’t wear it. Be me and have faith that the way God has made me was on purpose to further His kingdom with the gifting and personality that God has given me.
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