How often have we heard the story of putting on the whole armour of God? Sadly, in my case, enough times to skip over this oh-so-important passage of Scripture! And so, this morning I found myself looking once again, asking God to make these verses come alive. ππ»π± ππ² π±πΆπ±!!
Ephesians 6:13 tells us, βππππ£πππ π£π π₯πππ π¦π‘ π₯ππ π¨ππ ππ ππ£ππ π¦π£ π π πΎπ π, π₯πππ₯ πͺπ π¦ πππͺ ππ ππππ π₯π π¨ππ₯ππ€π₯πππ ππ π₯ππ ππ§ππ πππͺ, πππ πππ§πππ ππ ππ πππ, π₯π π€π₯πππ.β
I am sure our Father would not tell us to put on this armour because it looks good; so that we can be called The Warrior Bride. Armour is hot and heavy, not glamorous at all. I remember my years living in Canada. In wintertime, we would put on heavy coats, scarves, gloves, hats, all to combat those icy cold temperatures. By the end of the winter, I would be so tired of that heavy coat, so ready to shed it, it weighed me down. But I needed it, if I hadnβt worn all these things, I would have developed frostbite in mere seconds, loosing first my extremities and possibly my life!
Our Father tells us to put on the armour of God because He knows that we need it. We need to be protected because the attack of the enemy will come. Absolutely no doubt about that, we are under attack, and sometimes that attack seems worse than at others.
Once that armour is on, we are told to βstand!β In fact, in these eight short verses Paul tells us to βstandβ four times. Surely this is important? Stand, stand against the evil one! When we are correctly equipped, we need not be frightened when that attack comes, we wonβt be confused but will take up our position, strong, and alert with no thought of retreat. Best of all when that attack comes, when we stand firm, the enemy MUST flee!
βππ π€π¦ππππ₯ π₯π [π₯ππ ππ¦π₯ππ π£ππ₯πͺ π π] πΎπ π. βππ€ππ€π₯ π₯ππ πππ§ππ [π€π₯πππ πππ£π ππππππ€π₯ πππ] πππ ππ π¨πππ ππππ ππ£π π πͺπ π¦.β πππππ€ π:π
Claire's Prayer 