1Sam 17.39, 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.
Last week, I said that whenever a people or a person cries out to GOD, He answers by sending them a messiah, i.e. someone who is especially anointed for the task – anointed to bring good tidings to the poor, bind up the broken-hearted, set the captives free and proclaim a year or period of grace, favour and rest, from the LORD.
David was such a man.
For days or weeks, the army stood in front of the Philistines, petrified; and the whole nation was facing extermination or slavery, when David, who had previously been anointed by Samuel, walked into the battlefield.
He first tried to use Saul’s weaponry –the best at the time– but it didn’t work. So, he took his sling and a few stones/cobbles, with the outcome that we know. Goliath, the terror of the peoples, was defeated and slain.
The anointing is the special mantle or tools that the LORD gives us when He sends us to bring salvation and deliverance to a people or to someone.
Sometimes, those people will try to convince us to use the very best and latest technologies available; but we should stick to the unconventional means that GOD has given to us. In any case, if those are truly the ‘ultimate weapons’ and they are experts in using them, why then are they in that situation still? Physician, heal thyself!
As for you, dear reader, what do you have in your hand (Ex 4:2)? What are the gifts, skills, and unique qualities that you have received from GOD? Are you making good use of them or are you busy trying to manage with someone else’s tools? Look cautiously around you; someone greatly needs them today. You are GOD’s solution for the salvation or the deliverance of one or many people.
May GOD bless and empower you. Have a fantastic week in HIS Presence.
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