Rough patches started to hit in near the end of my first year as a Christian. It's been a delightful year learning to understand God and the truths of His Kingdom; I thought I knew a bit about the Christian life. Yet ignorant of spiritual warfare, I didn't guard against the perversity of my flesh or against Satan. Situations that I was caught up in and emotions running through my head were struggling to fit in the vision of a Christian life. I was confused: If the Lord is my Shepherd, why would I be in want of His power to bring me peace and strength? If the Lord is my Father, why isn't He gentler with me?
I've always thought the problem was me. But with Pastor's message, it dawned on me that I didn't guard my heart against deception and entrapments of the evil one; a veil lay infront of me that I hadn't see all that He offered me nor applied what my King had shown me. My royal wardrobe had been left untouched and unused!
The armour of God are garments in which He cover me with Himself, protected and united in Him. Not only is He the whole wardrobe, He is also each indiviual part. He is the Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Faith, Salvation and the Word. The Lord seeks to give me all He has, but He can only do so if I approach Him in humility and submittance. I do not fully understand what God does or does not promise me. If I align His promises with my expectations (which is wrong), I will be despondent and frustrated. The fact is, even with His armour on, it may or may not protect me from the against the storms of the world (Matthew 5:45), but I know that it'd ALWAYS protect me from the flaming arrows of the evil one. God may not take me out of my circumstances, but He will protect me against discouragement and despair- those of which, would deceive and deny my trust and faith in Him.
If Jesus isolated me from all suffering, I could no longer be His friend and follower. He who is strong and I who am weak must walk together for His purpose. The very sufferings I would avoid, He now uses to make me a testimony of His triumph over the pressures of the world and the powers of Satan. Henceforth, the devastatings storms in my life would now affirm the victory of His armour (I Peter 4:12-13)! As we go through each day with our spiritual battles raging on, we need brothers/sisters who'd help us check that we're fully dressed and protected. Lifting each other up to God, we can stand together and demonstrate God's victory in every painful, confusing, and challenging situation. SIT TIGHT, WALK RIGHT, STAND AND FIGHT! I'd like to end on with this verse from Isaiah 61:10-11; 10 I delight greatly in the Lord; My soul rejoices in my God For he has clothed me with garments of salvation And arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, As a bridgegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the soil makes the sprout comes up and a garden causes seeds to grow so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
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"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105
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