3. Do not imitate
Do not compare yourself with the minister next door who is called to minister in a different way and try to use their techniques to accomplish your purpose even if they have “more experience” and “more authority”. Emulate David who refused to fight Goliath while wearing King Saul’s armor because when Saul clothed David with his armor, put a helmet of brass on his head and dressed him with a coat of mail, David girded his sword over the armor and tried to walk, but he could not. He could not walk with all this brass because he was not used to it. He therefore said to Saul, “I cannot go to fight with these because I have not proved them” and took them off. He then took his staff in his hand, chose 5 smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s bag, and with his sling in his hand, he approached Goliath. (1 Samuel 17:38-40) Learn from David because he was wise enough to understand that he could not win his battle by putting on another man’s armor or using another person’s techniques. He also realized that even though wearing King Saul’s armor may have been the politically correct thing to
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do, he would not win his battle by being politically correct since Saul’s armor was not part of his “fighting style”. Therefore, do not be swayed by shiny armors and “kingly advice” of the Sauls in your life. Do not also begin doing things their way instead of doing things the way God has been training you to do them. So, if you have been slaying lions and bears with sticks and stones, do not be intimidated by their “authoritative advice” or try to fit in with the crowd by trying to do things their way. Believe in the training that God has been giving you and trust that you will succeed because what matters is not the method that is used to achieve the end but the presence of God in the process.
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