God’s Armor!
"Then all this assembly shall know that the
Lord does not save with sword and spear;
for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give
you into our
hands."
1 Samuel 17: 47
After David, the shepherd boy, convinced
King Saul to let him go out and fight
Goliath,
the first thing the king did was dress David in
his own armor and bronze helmet. David said,
“I cannot walk with these” (1
Samuel 17:39).
David went out to face Goliath with his own
“armor”: a tunic, a staff, a sling, five stones,
and faith. For that task, that was all David
needed to defeat his enemy.
When we face giants that threaten us in our life,
there's a temptation to put on “armor” God didn’t
design for us to wear. It may be armor of the
world
(position, power, education, wealth, influence) or it
may be armor that we’ve seen a fellow Christian
successfully wear.
It will take a few battles for us to learn that
God provides all the armor we need:
truth,
righteousness, the Gospel, faith, salvation,
Scripture, and prayer (Ephesians 6:14-18).
Face your giants today clothed in the
armor of Christ. Let God prepare you
for battle, and you will be victorious.
"Our enemies are on every side,
and so
must our armor be."
William Gurnall