Today's scripture
Are you depending on the things of men rather than trusting in God? Do you trust in stuff or the Creator? Where does your allegiance lie? Will you try anything to get the result you want?
Saul tried to give David all the things a soldier would wear into battle. He was going into battle-he needed protection! And I can hear all of the wise counselors saying things like, "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail!" Saul's gift of armor was logical and well-thought out. There's nothing wrong with proper preparation.
But this wasn't how David had gone into battle in the past. He couldn't even move in the stuff! While it may have appeared that David wasn't properly prepared, quite the opposite was true. He prepared based on God's faithfulness in the past and present. He went and got the weapons he was familiar with and trusted God to deal with his protection!
Sometimes trusting God is illogical and sometimes even irrational. How will you choose to respond? Regularly we miss opportunities for God to do something big in us and through us because we refuse to leap until we have a logical, sensible plan. Discernment and Patience are both virtuous, but may we never overlook our calling in order to appear more civil, reasonable, or even logical!
Be courageous, even at the risk of being foolish if God has called you to something!
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