Dressed for Battle

“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”

Ephesians 6:11

 

 

Suppose a soldier was supplied with a helmet, rifle, combat boots, a flak jacket and all the other pieces of his uniform and equipment he needed to go into battle.

 Now suppose he refused to wear it?

Until, that is, he heard the enemy gunfire right outside his window.

Do you suppose he might hurriedly put on his combat gear and grab his weapon?

I think he would.

How much better though if he didn’t lose life threatening seconds finding it and putting it on.

We are in a spiritual battle.

That means it is a battle that is spiritually discerned and fought.

You cannot necessarily see or hear the enemy with your natural eyes in the same way our example soldier could but the enemy is no less real.

As a matter of fact, he is even more real.

Because he is not naturally seen or heard we can make the terrible

mistake of thinking he does not exist.

Much of the church behaves in this way.

This mistake can be devastating to us as believers.

Not just because we don’t believe the word concerning an enemy but also because we fail to use what God has given us in this battle.

Have you put on the whole armor of God?

Put it on and don’t take it off!