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.
This verse spoke to me as it is, people always tell us to be prepared, learn that, know this, wear this to protect yourself. More often than not, people would ask us to wear armour before the war, study before the exam and preparation before a competition.
The question is not doing it, the question is are you overdoing it? Different people are different and need different level of preparation. Like David, he do not require that kind of preparation. So, he did not take it. How many of us would have the kia-siu mentality and see people giving us armour, and we just take it. Take, regardless whether you need it or not!
David did prepare, he took out his Y-Sling and some stones. He did prepare just enough. This really tells us to prepare in necessity, not in excess. because the more we prepare, the more distance we have with God, because we think that we can handle it. We don't need God any more; with my armour, i can win Goliath... Only with an optimum level of preparation can God's glory and strength shine in a person. That excess can become baggage to you. Just like with David, the armour and sword becomes a baggage to him instead of helping Him.
Besides winning the battle with God, we are able to easily give thanks and praise God because God had done the miracle, not you. People also can easily identify with it. IE. If David went up to Goliath with Chariots and a body full of armour would people easily identify that that victory was because of God? In this case it is very clear, David has only a sling without any armour, he defeated the 2.++ meter tall Goliath.
Prepare just enough and don't be kia-su, remove baggages!
Praise the Lord.
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