We have almost reached our last piece of armor that we need to grab for this battle. However, we have come such a long way in this battle there is no turning back now. We are going to take advantage of what we have learned thus far and leave the people around us perplexed by our new attitudes. Do you all remember the pieces of armor that we have covered so far? If not let me just write them out for you but again it's important that you get in the word for yourselves.
1. Put on the Belt of Truth
2. Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness
3. Put on the Shoes of The Gospel of Peace
4. Take up the Shield of Faith
5. Take up the Helmet of Salvation
This is where we left off the Helmet of Salvation. If you would like to see what the Roman soldier armor looks like find the last post about the Shield of Faith and scroll to the bottom and see the pic. Let me just start right off by saying that majority of us either love sports or someone we know love sports. We often say that football is as American as eating apple pie. Who ever came up with that phrase has to be a male though because dessert for me will always out rank sports LOL. I bring the subject of sports up because if you think about it- fighting is a sport as well and in battle that is all we do is fight. However, in this sports battle we are actually fighting for our lives. Some of us get wounded and have to be stitched back up but then we get right back on the battle field. I also brought football up because what does the player wear to protect his head when playing the game- you got it a helmet. Without this gear for ice hockey & football, we are looking at some irreversible damage to the head. That is partly why Paul gives the illustration about the helmet.
If you don't have your helmet on in this battle most likely you are coming out wounded or dead. If you are reading this post you have been on the battle field rather you like it or not. You have been wounded but God blessed you get back up again. Now God needs you and me to take up our helmets and put them on. In other words if the devil got your mind he got you period. The bible states, "As a man thinks so is he." Have anyone ever told you something negative about you, and you couldn't shake what he/she were saying about you, it just stayed on your mind day and night? You in turn started to believe that persons negative report. Well if you're stating that you never have-let me be the first to raise my hand and say I have. I believed the negative report when I was told you'll never make it without me, you need to lose weight, you need to cut your hair, and the list goes on. I don't blame that person because the devil has to use somebody and it may be the person you're sleeping right next to, or even a family member. But once I learned what Jesus had to say about my value and who I am in him, I choose to believe his report. If Jesus would give up his life for mine, and God would allow him to and then Jesus turned around and sent the Holy Spirit back for me. That states to me what scripture say about God is true, "Let everyone else be a lie and God the truth. So to my ex-husband if you are reading this, I forgive you for the negative words but I choose to believe God's report about me.
God don't take bad and negative things about me to himself, my sins grieves him. However, our enemy the devil is always giving bad reports to God about us. I just need you to remember the enemy may be a roaring loin seeking whom he may devour but God is in control and devil can't do anything without God's permission. So all you may hear instead of a roar is a meow. We must have the right mind-set to be in this battle that is why we need our helmets on they protect what we think and how we respond to to negative situations. You and I must dive into the word of God and learn his ways, his thoughts about any and all matters, and meditate on the good things he say about us. Ladies there is so much on the helmet of salvation and I have not got started on salvation, so we have another date for the helmet of salvation. But that does not mean that you cannot start practicing now- learning what God has to say about you and walk it out based on his report. Be blessed and bless others....
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