Armor Up

For the past couple of weeks, my battle against satan has been a losing battle. Whether its a mental struggle or a physical one, i've been letting him slip into my thoughts and it slowly seeps into my heart. But then God reminded me of one of his amazing truths. The armor of God.

^"10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
 ¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should." - Ephesians 6:10-20

Everyday I need to wake up and immediately put on the FULL armor of God. Not parts of it. All of it. I love verse 12 because it says that our battles are not of "flesh and blood", Satan doesn't attack us physically, he weasel's his way into our thoughts and then his venom slowly seeps through our hearts and the rest of our bodies, and it comes out in our actions. We put on the FULL armor of God, why? "so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand." Have you done everything in order to stand up against Satan and his evil desires? I wish I could say that I do everything I can to battle against him, but I don't.

Lord, help me to remember to put on your full armor of God daily. Help me to proclaim your gospel fearlessly. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ..." Romans 1:16


In Him,

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