And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard (I Samuel 21:12,13 ESV)
Perspective
David had been named King of Israel by Samuel. David was a military hero of great renown. David was a young, popular, attractive celebrity of his day.
But he let all those things go in service to David’s God.
He knew that staying alive until God finished establishing his kingship was more important than David’s popularity. He knew that being laughed at was better than being drawn-and-quartered. He knew that having his spotlight change from praise to ridicule was better than being captured and killed.
He was willing to give up everything in service to God.
And we can have that same perspective. Nothing in our lives is more important than pointing people to Jesus. We have nothing, whether money, vehicles, land, collectables, friends, or our reputation, that is more important than pointing people to Jesus. Like David, our reputation in God’s eyes is more important than our reputation in anyone else’s eyes.
Let that take the pressure off you.
We are peculiar, we can have God’s perspective.