Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Faith is above ALL the equipment! Your shield protects the other pieces of armour! We can do nothing without faith, and it is impossible to please God without faith. (Hebrews 11:6) Faith is the only guarantee to quench the fiery darts of the wicked. I like the phrase, 'ye SHALL BE ABLE.' With faith there is no question and no doubt about obtaining the victory!
And do you know what? It only takes a small amount of faith to have the victory. God will move the mountain with a tiny mustard seed. (Matthew 17:20) Why? Because it's God's battle.
The helmet of salvation. It's so very important to protect our minds and our thoughts. We need to stay focused! If Satan has our minds, he has all of us. The helmet and the sword are the two last pieces of armour a soldier will pick up. With the helmet protecting the head, it assures safety from the devil's present attacks and assures future deliverance.
And now the Sword. The only 'offensive' piece of armour. Jesus Himself used the sword of the Spirit when confronting Satan in the desert. (Matthew 4:1-11) The Sword, The Word of God.
We would do right to follow Jesus' example while in combat, and in order to use the Word of God, we must KNOW the Word of God!
Every day I must don my Armour. If I neglect one piece, I'm at the mercy of my enemy. My Enemy shows no mercy.
I'm in the Lord's Army, and I want to be prepared. No turning back!
But that's just me!
God doesn't give the hardest battles to his toughest soldiers. He creates the toughest soldiers through life's hardest battles. Anonymous
"Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterdays."
Richard Paul Evans
No comments:
Post a Comment