Uniquely equipped
I am young. Relatively so, but for the calling I feel God has on my life, I am young. Since I am young I struggle to be confident in my leadership abilities. There are always folks who have more experience, more insight, more whatever than I do. That being said I still have one thing on my side. I have confidence that God is calling me to do this, right here, right now.
I got to thinking today about David. We all know that David was young and just a shepherd when he went and fought Goliath. I got to thinking about it a little differently today though. In 1 samuel 17 it talks about how saul was down in the heat of battle and Goliath had come out. It mentions very specifically that David's 3 oldest brothers were there and David went back and forth. This lasted 40 days. So for more than a month David is going to and from a battle field seeing his brothers, taking food, doing whatever he needs to but has yet to see Goliath come out and make his defiant call. Not that it isn't happening, but for one reason or another David has not personally experienced this in more than a month. Then there comes the day, the specific request that drives him to the right place at the right time where he gathers the full effect of what's going on. He sees the whole story, Goliath's defiant call, every single man's fear. He asks over and over again of many people what will happen for the one that takes him on. Side note, I like to get a read on a group before making a decision some times. I really don't think he was clarifying the prize to be won. I think he was wondering if people really understood what was at stake here, even from a fincancial gain side if not just from a "you are God's people, for crying out loud!" side of things. The truth is they did, yet no one wanted to take action, each with his own legitimate reasons why not. Even his eldest brother accused him of only being there to get a glimpse at the action, claiming he had a wicked reason for being down there. David knew that wasn't true and ignored his brother. He went to Saul. "You're too young." turned to"okay, but you need to do it my way." Wear my armor, fight my style. David knew that God had given him a specific skill set to accompany the courage and trust he had in God. So he set out to do it his way. Grown men don't fight with slingshots, they fight with swords. Truth is though a sword wasn't the weapon that would be most effective in this fight though. God knew that. David knew that.
Today that is what I saw in this story. Even when my approach is not the same as others, I am still here, in this place, in this time, for a reason. The "weapons", skills and experiences God has equiped me with are unique to me but also neccesary to complete the task. It's a big part of the answer to "why me?". I am not saying this gives me license to run and do my own thing. It does however give me confidence to stand strong when I feel it is God directing me.
Today, young is good. Today, young is in my favor. Today, I am unique for it and called because of it.
I got to thinking today about David. We all know that David was young and just a shepherd when he went and fought Goliath. I got to thinking about it a little differently today though. In 1 samuel 17 it talks about how saul was down in the heat of battle and Goliath had come out. It mentions very specifically that David's 3 oldest brothers were there and David went back and forth. This lasted 40 days. So for more than a month David is going to and from a battle field seeing his brothers, taking food, doing whatever he needs to but has yet to see Goliath come out and make his defiant call. Not that it isn't happening, but for one reason or another David has not personally experienced this in more than a month. Then there comes the day, the specific request that drives him to the right place at the right time where he gathers the full effect of what's going on. He sees the whole story, Goliath's defiant call, every single man's fear. He asks over and over again of many people what will happen for the one that takes him on. Side note, I like to get a read on a group before making a decision some times. I really don't think he was clarifying the prize to be won. I think he was wondering if people really understood what was at stake here, even from a fincancial gain side if not just from a "you are God's people, for crying out loud!" side of things. The truth is they did, yet no one wanted to take action, each with his own legitimate reasons why not. Even his eldest brother accused him of only being there to get a glimpse at the action, claiming he had a wicked reason for being down there. David knew that wasn't true and ignored his brother. He went to Saul. "You're too young." turned to"okay, but you need to do it my way." Wear my armor, fight my style. David knew that God had given him a specific skill set to accompany the courage and trust he had in God. So he set out to do it his way. Grown men don't fight with slingshots, they fight with swords. Truth is though a sword wasn't the weapon that would be most effective in this fight though. God knew that. David knew that.
Today that is what I saw in this story. Even when my approach is not the same as others, I am still here, in this place, in this time, for a reason. The "weapons", skills and experiences God has equiped me with are unique to me but also neccesary to complete the task. It's a big part of the answer to "why me?". I am not saying this gives me license to run and do my own thing. It does however give me confidence to stand strong when I feel it is God directing me.
Today, young is good. Today, young is in my favor. Today, I am unique for it and called because of it.
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