Get Ready!

 

Ephesians 6:
Put on the whole armor of God!

We are in a war!  Not a physical battle in which we can see our enemies and plan attacks or defense strategies. Not in a natural warfare.  This is a spiritual war, in which we fight against an enemy who comes against us with temptations, and deceitful tactics which will wound our inner man, even destroy him, if we are not fully equipped to stand against him.

In this chapter, Paul tells us what the correct battle gear is for those of us who desire to overcome the enemy of our souls.

We know that Satan comes against us as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.  A lion will attack from the rear, crushing the spinal cord with his teeth, to bring down the victim.  Satan does not come out openly against us, but will use deceitful plans to catch us off guard, playing our fleshly desires against the spiritual life we are trying to exhibit.

The scripture tells us, “We battle not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual wickedness in high places”.  Therefore we cannot use fleshly, earthly tactics in this spiritual war against the enemy of our souls, who seeks to weaken our Faith, defeat our desire to serve the Lord, Our Redeemer.  Satan knows that his time is limited, that he has already lost the battle, but he will make every attempt to cause us to sin, for he knows that NO sin can enter into the Kingdom of God.  Yes, God will forgive us, but if sin remains in our heart and controls our minds, and then we must repent, change directions, be sorry for, and turn away from that which separates us from our God.

 This chapter in Ephesians directs our attention to our spiritual battle-gear.  We learn what the well dressed spiritual warrior must wear as he goes out to battle.  Starting in verse 10, we read, “be strong in the Lord, (be empowered through your union with Him; draw your strength from Him, that strength which His boundless might provides).

Then : Put on God’s whole armor—the armor of a heavy-armed soldier, which God supplies—that you may be able successfully to stand up against the strategies and the deceits of the devil.”  There is no possibility for us to win the spiritual war against Satan by fleshly means.  No matter how often we go to church, say our prayers, testify  of the salvation we want from the Lord, no matter the amount of tithes or monies we give, or how many good deeds we can claim, our battle is lost without the ‘whole armor’ of God. 

For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, contending only with physical opponents, but against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) realm. 

If we are clad in the complete armor of God, we will be able to resist and stand our ground in the day of evil, and we will stand firmly in our place, holding our ground. 

IF:  We have on the belt of truth, the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God;

Having our feet shod in preparation to face the enemy with firm-footed stability, the promptness and the readiness produced by the Gospel of peace.  Check Isaiah 52:7

Above all, cover yourself with the shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the fiery missiles of the wicked one, and then take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. 

Last but certainly not the least, PRAY!!  Pray at all times, on every occasion, in every season, in the Spirit, with all manner of prayer and entreaty.  Thereby keeping alert and watching with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints, who are God’s people and for the souls who are in bondage.  Prayer is the power which we have because of our relationship with our Savior. Yes, we have been given the power to pray, to ask and we shall receive because we do not ask amiss.  We do not ask for our own benefit, but that others may receive the redemption, the born-again experience, which comes when we believe and receive the redemptive work which was accomplished by our Savior on Calvary. 

Let us gear up!! Let us prepare for the battle that is currently raging in our world!!

Come out from among them, be a separate People, a Holy People unto the Lord.
Put on your Battle Gear and Fight the good fight of Faith.
In Christ we are over comers!! We are WINNERS!!