Did you know that there can be such a thing as having too much covering? 1 Samuel 17:38-39 AMP Then Saul clothed David with his armor; he put a bronze helmet on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail. [39] And David girded his sword over his armor. Then he tried to go, but could not, for he was not used to it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off. I was meditating on this scripture when I began to envision David being loaded down with all that armor and a couple of things stood out to me. 1. What was comfortable and protective to one man was heavy and a danger to another. 2. David had too much of a covering to fight the battle. And 3. It was faith alone that gave him the power to enter a battlefield without any armor. We are all at different places in our walk and have received different gifts. When we try to do the walk that belongs to another we fail. We were meant to be different from one another because we each carry within us a separate piece of a puzzle called the body of Christ. Each piece is uniquely made to fit into place a certain way. Even when some of the pieces are similar, there is always that one little thing that keeps it from fitting in the wrong slot. That's you, carrying something that God gave you that nobody else can use. Then there's all that metal that was weighing David down. There was an abundance of covering but he could not function in/under it. This happens to us when we share to much with our friends and even our brethren in the church. We sometimes talk too much of our business to the wrong person and it sabotaged the blessing. Not everyone wants what's best for you. Joseph found this out the hard way when he shared his dream with his brothers. But be aware. Not every sabotage will still lead you to your destination. If Joseph had of been discrete he would have had an easier way of reaching the destination that he had seen in his dream. Genesis 37:5 AMP Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more. He was asking the wrong people to cover him and they were his brothers. When David threw off all His armor he was activating his faith by his actions. Here's something else to ponder on. David never heard the voice of God saying he would defeat the giant. He was moving on faith alone. Faith that God would be with him and faith that he would rise victoriously from the battle! This is the kind of faith that is Jesus calling us to grab a hold of. A faith that can really move mountains. Matthew 17:20 AMP He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith that is, your lack of firmly relying trust. For truly I say to you, if you have faith that is living like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. So answer this question. Are you ready to move some mountains? Be blessed! C. D.
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