Sometime, not too long ago, my body was challenged with some strange illness and that got me wondering what on earth the problem could possibly be.
One day, as I pondered on the myriad of symptoms surging through my body, the Lord opened my eyes to ‘The Whole Armor of God’ in Ephesians 6.
What I believe God was saying is, it doesn’t really matter much the source of these very strange symptoms.Just cover up and stay protected!
Besides, there is hardly any sickness that is not caused by something, and new causative factors, bacteria, viruses etc are being indicted or discovered daily…. (Selah).
I decided to look up meaning of armour and got this;
“a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual, or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.)” -Wikipedia
The picture above looks nothing like a joke! And this is how Apostle Paul, thinks we need to dress up ALWAYS as Christians! This guy is battle-ready from head to toe. Fully covered up!
The armour of God though (Ephesians 6:10-18) , is not a physical one as depicted above, but it does cover up fully. It is not as inconveniencing as the photo above, but certainly requires personal discipline and dedication to put on.
It simply entails;
Helmet-of Salvation
Breastplate-Righteousness
Loins/Waist-Truth of God’s word
Feet-The Preparation of the gospel of peace
Shield-Faith
Sword-The Word of God.
Wow!!
I had to come up with my personal confession on the armour of God, which I repeated regularly. The more I recited it, the more the reality of my true identity in Christ became clearer. And over time, I could just carry on with my life, symptoms or not.
You are the Lord’s army, constantly been thrown darts at by the devil and his agents.
Simply stay covered up.