{It became real for me}

The other day, I was sitting at the table eating lunch and just thinking. I look over, and I notice, stuck on the refrigerator, one of the many papers we have plastered all over it and on the bottom of the paper is a verse about putting on the armor of God. This got me thinking about the Spiritual battle that is being fought. Even now.

I grew up in the Chruch, and in Sunday school I learned about the the shoes of peace, belt of truth, helmet of salvation, etc. but it was always just a picture in my mind more than anything.

This time was different, this time it became real.

"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." {Ephesians 6:11-12}

This Spiritual battle is REAL! It's a war that we can't see with our eyes. And satan is fighting so hard to win souls. He knows the power of God and he is doing everything he possibly can to discourage and distract us in our walk of faith and having a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus. But, how are we supposed to guard against the devil if we can't see the war?

This, I think, is the very reason God provided us with armor. And every one of the pieces of armor have a very real purpose in our everyday lives, which is why we have to put it on daily.

Of course, this all sounds great, but, how do we really put the armor on if the battle is Spiritual?
When people went to battle and they they put on a breastplate, for the single purpose of protecting the heart. So, putting on God's righteousness as a breastplate will aid in protecting our hearts. Only filling our hearts with things that are good, pure, and holy will help so much more than filling it with the trash of this world when satan starts throwing arrows of sin and temptation that is meant to bleed the life out of our hearts.

And we need to look at each piece of armor like this. But I'll just bring out one more cause it's my favorite.
The sword of the Spirit. Is the word of God. Ya'll we don't have to defend ourselves. We have to put on the protection He provides, yes. But, God's word is the sword and it is sharper than any two edged sword. It does all the talking all we have to do is hold on. With all our strength and He will do the fighting.

Just hold on. Because we know who wins the battle in the end, and the victory in Jesus will be sweeter than anything we can ever imagine.

In Christian Love,