HELEN SANDERS
8-8-2025
DON’T WEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S ARMOR

King Saul had lost the anointing because of his sin, and David was anointed to be king. It was not David’s time to take the throne yet, because God had to season him. One thing that we know is that David had the anointing of the Lord upon him the moment Samuel, the priest/prophet/judge anointed him.

After this time with Samuel, David was called to King Saul’s home. Saul was tormented with demonic forces and the only thing that calmed them was when David played his harp and sang anointed music. This calmed the demons in the king. How many times and for how long he stayed, we are uncertain, but the king knew David from this time.

David had gone back home and still tended to his father’s sheep while his older brothers were with King Saul fighting a battle with the Philistines. When David’s father sent David to bring his brothers some food, it was then that David saw the entire Hebrew army frozen in fear because of Goliath, the giant.

Day after day Goliath had cursed God’s people and challenged them to battle. Because the once anointed king no longer had the anointing on him, the people did not have a leader that could hear from God anymore

. When David showed up and saw the situation, the Spirit of God rose up in him and he said he would take care of the situation. King Saul tried to put his armor on David to fight Goliath, but David said no. Unbeknownst to Saul and the rest of his army, David already had armor on. It was the armor of God; the anointing of God that destroys yokes and removes burdens. Isaiah 10:27b says, “…and the yoke [bondage] shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” David spent hours in the presence of God, and the Holy Spirit’s presence was on him constantly.

When the anointing of God, which is the presence of the Holy Spirit upon you, then you are in God’s armor. We should never try to win a battle in someone else’s armor, because it just will not “fit” us.

David went forth in that armor and won the battle, and you will too. [See Ephesians 6:10-18] There is nothing that defeats the enemy like the Christian clothed in the anointing with the armor of God.

Do not try to clothe yourself in someone else’s armor because it will not get the job done.