Everything I need to know about the recipe for overcoming fear I learned from David as he prepared for battle with Goliath.
David, in his infinite faith in God, raised his hand to battle the giant. Saul did what he thought he needed to do to prepare David for the battle. He dressed him in a suit of armor and provided him a sword. But David knew himself well enough to know that he wasn’t comfortable in that suit of armor. He knew that he couldn’t win unless he used his own God-given talents to slay the beast. So he took off the armor, and picked up the tools with which he was comfortable fighting - a few rocks. It was with those rocks that he took down Goliath.
“Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 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.”
1 Samuel 17:38-39 NIV
God gives us every tool that we need to succeed in. When we know ourselves and trust in God, and stop trying to fight our battles as anyone other than ourselves, we will succeed.
Know yourself. Be yourself. And most importantly, trust in God.
