Our Daily Wardrobe!
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for the flesh,
to fulfill its lusts."
Romans 13: 14
“Putting on” the armor of God (Ephesians 6:11),
while found only in Ephesians, employs imagery
found throughout the New Testament:
putting
on clothing.
We do that every day as we prepare ourselves
for the day. We dress ourselves in manners that
carry us through the day depending on the tasks
to accomplish.
As Paul explains in detail what it means to put on the
armor of God, we're also told to put on various things
that provide similar spiritual protection. We are to put
on “armor of light” (Romans 13:12), Christ (Galatians
3:27), “new man”
(Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10),
“tender mercies, humility, meekness, longsuffering”
(Colossians 3:12), and love (Colossians 3:14).
In essence, put on the armor of God is putting
on Christ Himself and all His attributes. Living
every day in obedience and submission to the
Lord Jesus Christ will find us totally protected
against “the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians
6:11).
Begin each day by clothing yourself in
Christ and His truth. In doing so, you
will be clothed in the armor of God.
"The reason we must put
on the whole armor of
God is to withstand evil."
Stormie Omartian