The Scripture: Ephesians 6: 13-18
“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”
[mks_dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#1e73be”]O[/mks_dropcap]ur Nation was known as a Nation that stood as one nation under God spreading the gospel around the world; the good message of Jesus the Savior. The hearers of the word excitedly adorned themselves with the uniform of our faith. Proudly we wore the helmet of Salvation and breastplate of righteousness. After all, the freedom we felt from the weight of sin gave us a heart of Thankfulness and Joy. Is that enough? Ephesians 6 says to put on the FULL armor of God. It takes the Full armor of God to stand your ground. Then once you have done all that to prepare to stand, stand against evil when the day comes. Well, sounds simple, right! Why does the suite get baggie after a while?
“Stand firm, then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,”
As the Bride of Christ, you have been given living truth to save souls from an eternal debt. This truth must be buckled into your belief system so pride does not puff you up. A truth that will anchor you, your family and friends from trickery, deception or distort our image of righteousness through Christ. Our walk deserves a little synch now and then realigning our garment for the proper fit.
“and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.”
The Bride of Christ’s feet are adorned with readiness of beauty of her engagement to the Bridegroom. Sending out invitation to the come to His banqueting table radiates sparkles from the soul(sole) covering footwear worn as the foundational accessory for each members of the church of God. When was the last time your wedding shoes were polished? Are you standing on memories of yesterday or of years past?
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
When taking your stand, flaming arrows may have chipped or dented your faith by the testing of our commitment. The battle field rumbled the very foundation of our beliefs and the zealous new nature slanting our image of self. If we hold on to our shield for protection hoping to hold on to the end. Will I be satisfied with that? Should I be satisfied with that? listen to the next verse.
“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 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 saints.”
For the battle worn Christian, assaulting the enemy with the word of God, we are instructed to listen to the word of our salvation with ears of ownership building ourselves up in our faith. Trade in your used up shield of faith for a new one. Don’t be tricked into a almost like new refurbished one. Nothing but genuine parts for your commission Dressed Blues of honor; wear it proudly without regrets. Shine and polish up the treasure that shod your feet for the gospel once again enjoying the freshness of his touch and that joy of ushering someone into the Kingdom of God. Remember how that felt? Reorganize your battlefield with the simple act of praying in his presence interceding for every member of the body of Christ. Cry out for the lost souls no matter if you favor them or not, God does! Special intelligence works under the radar providing viable information. Remember, the best gatekeeper is the one who see all then takes it to the King!
Daughter of Zion:
Thank you Jesus for setting our Sister free of the lies of the enemy. Bring forth the Mighty Warrior of Love and truth of your image placed inside of her. May she rest in your work always! Amen!
The prior comment was in response to “Pen In Hand”
(Response to “Fill in the Circle” article of Feb. 2013) Greetings in Him!. I was truly blessed this am as I read this article filled with confirming words of this image thing that the Spirit has been speaking to me in my spirit. first I need to say that, Aglow in times past had been my lighthouse when I couldn’t quit see my way clearly thru lifes situations, although God’s word had been my portion daily, and His faithfulness was clearly shown to me thru this ministry. Today is one of the first few days of my new beginning in life. I left a sorely abusive husband and all his family and friends to follow harder after God, interesting enough when I left with less than ten dollars, only the clothes on my back, leaving behind all memories of my children’s pictures, the word that God by His Spirit has impressed in my spirit is this thing “image”. This is my first season of being successful of logging into an online session of any sort for a very long time, so I’m feeling really blessed and favored especially knowing that the God and Father of our Lord and savour Jesus the Christ is still speaking to me, His voice thru this letter of “Pen in Hand” has resoudedfor me today so much more powerful than all of the shame and even guilt that I’ve been dragging around for a long time now; and to have Him confirm thru your heart being the “pen of a ready writer” there is no way I could even entertain having another “pity party” for myself. The assignment that He gave me is to meditate on the Holy scriptures beginning with Romans 8:29 …”to the image of His Son… forgive me for not listing my source of reference as I did not write down the translation from which I read this, it was on last evening and I was overwhelmed when I saw that there were over 100 verses that deal with this subject “image”. I am excited to know that God is about to blow my mind as I sit and meditate of His Word, Again “Thank You” for alowing the Father of Light to use you, I needed to see this Light today, I had been in a very dark place for a very long time. Grace, Peace and Mercy be multiplied to you, from God the Father! In Jesus name. AMEN.