David would not and could not wear Saul's armor to battle Goliath. He was not Saul. He was not Saul's size. He needed his own garb and his own weapons. When we realize that we are unique, fearfully and wonderfully made people, we will come to be free to be ourselves. We won't try to fit into someone else's armor or style.

We will celebrate our own personalities and unique voices for sharing the message that has been seared into our hearts. We will abandon the need to use boiler plate strategies, jargon, and methodologies. We will awaken to the reality that no one else and be who we are nor do what we can do. We are gifted in our own ways and our giftedness becomes part of God's gift to the world.

Here is what you can know about your own armor:

A – It is AUTHENTIC to who you are. It fits you because there is nothing contrived about it. You do not have to fit into it; it fits on you.

R – It is REALISTIC to your assignment and the battles you must face. You do not need to carry baggage through life fore which you have no use, but what you need, you truly do need.

M – It is MALLEABLE . It can be hammered and reshaped as you are reshaped without breaking or cracking. While you are uniquely you, you are also in process and changing. The equipment you have, your gifts, strengths, and insights can grow with you.

O  - It is ORIGINAL. There has never been nor never shall be another person equipped quite like you or called exactly like you to the specific time, place, and assignment to which you are called. You are an original and your mixture of gifts and strengths is original as well.

R – It is REQUIRED. You do not have this armor to put on display, store away among your treasures, or gaze upon. You have what you have to put into use for the service of God and humanity.

Don't try to be exactly like someone else. Do not covet the gifts of another or their armor. Do not vie for the assignments of other people and do not neglect your own. Finally, do not leave your armor at home. It is custom made for you and you are custom made for your assignment.