Are You Weighed Down With Someone Else's Armor?
Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him. 39 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them. 1Samuel 17:38-39
Once upon a time, there was a young man named David who lived in the land of Israel. He was a shepherd boy who tended to his father's sheep, but little did he know that he was destined for greatness.
David's story is one of bravery, faith, and trust in God. But it is also a cautionary tale about the danger of trying to wear someone else's armor. You see, when David was a young man, he was asked by the king of Israel, Saul, to go to battle against the Philistines.
Saul was a tall and mighty warrior, and he offered David his own armor to wear into battle. But David refused, saying, "I cannot go in these, for I...