Your Greatest Weapon 4/5

Over the past week we've been looking at the different pieces of armor that is explained in Ephesians 6:10-18. It's important to remember that there are 5 different pieces of DEFENSIVE armor (which we are breaking down in this blog series) and 1 piece of OFFENSIVE weapon...YOUR SPIRIT! Your spirit is your greatest weapon. The 5 pieces of defensive armor are around to protect us from injury and to defend us. Our SPIRIT is for us to back the enemy up! Until we learn to connect our Spirit to His, we cannot win the battle. Defense doesn't score enough points to win, only offense does!

Today let's look at: SHIELD OF FAITH

The point and power the shield of faith is actually explained within the scripture that it's listed. It's used to "...extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one." Think about the shield of faith this way. A shield is used to deflect attacks...specifically arrows. A shield will cause an arrow to fall to the ground, harmless and useless. But, every so often, if a shield was worn and weaker and an arrow hit the shield in that specific spot, the arrow would penetrate the shield. Although this was very rare, it did happen, but it would still not hurt the soldier. It would, however, mean the shield would have to be thrown away or repaired.

Your faith will be one of the major areas that will be attacked by "...the evil one..." or Satan himself. (By the way, if you believe in Heaven, you have to believe in the alternative. One without the other is not necessary.) Satan understands that if he can wound or shake your faith, he has shaken the very core of your belief in God, Jesus, and His miraculous works! But your faith has the power to deflect the arrows of the enemy useless. It has the ability to keep any arrow from touching you or even getting too close to you. Your faith, however, if not strengthened or taken care of can become weak and easily penetrated.

But when the shield is penetrated you have an option. When that moment happens that is out of your control and you don't know what to do, you can repair or throw away your faith. When your finances come crashing down, your family comes apart, or your health is in question...you can repair or throw away your faith. The enemy would love for you to think that because there may be a small penetration of an arrow in your shield that your entire faith foundation is no good...but that's not true! Let God repair it and continue to deflect the arrows... because unless you have the shield of faith, the arrows WILL hit you...not might, but WILL!

Stand strong today. Don't quit. Don't give up. Don't hurt. Don't get angry... repair! Take your faith, your heart, your situation to the fixer of all things, God, and let Him repair your faith. Let Him bring you to a place where YOU aren't deflecting anything, it's your faith!

I'm believing this is your turn around day for your spirit to be your greatest weapon! Don't forget to go back and read any of the posts you have missed!

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