SHIELD OF FAITH
The shield in the act of war is used as a weapon for defense. When opposition soldiers strike their swords, the shield is used to block all the fiery darts. In the same way when the devil attacks the foundation of the believer’s faith by taking him through deep trials and test of life, (in the case of Job) it is whom he believed in which is the foundation of his faith that delivered him or gave him victory at the end. Job had to exercise his faith in God to survive the greatest test of his life.
In Job’s case, God’s divine hedge of protection had deliberately been taken away by his maker that began his test. Throughout Job’s trial, he had to exercise his faith in the God of his past to survive the present and in the end, his divine hedge of protection was restored. The devil’s plan is to get us to relinquish our faith in our most difficult trials for us to lose our safety which is the divine hedge of protection. However practicing the word of God, the basis of our faith must restore the hedge at the end of it all.
HELMET OF SALVATION
‘Out of the mouth confession is made and out of the heart it is believed unto salvation’ (Romans 10:10). The words of salvation must first be recited with the lips, into the memory of the mind. The believer must keep the word in his mind before it digests into his spirit and into his heart. It is known that, the mind is the battle ground because it first stores the word by confession before it disseminates into the heart. The helmet of Salvation in spiritual terms protects the believer from mental attacks to avoid losing the memory of the word of God. It is anything the believer does to keep the word in his mind. By keeping the helmet of salvation on, the believer in his activity enforces God’s divine hedge of protection over his mind.
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
The sword in battle is an offensive weapon that is used to slay the enemy. In the same way, the sword of the spirit which is the word of God is used to attack the devil. For instance if the enemy says, you’re sick, you counter by saying ‘when I am weak then I am strong because God’s strength is made perfect in my weakness’-(2 Corinthians 12:8b & 10b). When the enemy says ‘you’re poor’, you respond by saying, ‘though he was rich, yet for my sake he became poor, so that I through His poverty might become rich’ (2 Corinthians 8:9).
This is how we must apply the word of God to keep constant pressure on the enemy so that we do not expose our rear to lose the hedge of protection. The word of God which is assuring, comforts us and keeps us in the hunt to obtain God’s promise. If we’re not able to speak back at the devil, the enemy will constantly keep pushing until we give-in to breakdown the hedge. In the process, God’s divine hedge of protection that comes from enforcing the word of God is broken.
The shield in the act of war is used as a weapon for defense. When opposition soldiers strike their swords, the shield is used to block all the fiery darts. In the same way when the devil attacks the foundation of the believer’s faith by taking him through deep trials and test of life, (in the case of Job) it is whom he believed in which is the foundation of his faith that delivered him or gave him victory at the end. Job had to exercise his faith in God to survive the greatest test of his life.
In Job’s case, God’s divine hedge of protection had deliberately been taken away by his maker that began his test. Throughout Job’s trial, he had to exercise his faith in the God of his past to survive the present and in the end, his divine hedge of protection was restored. The devil’s plan is to get us to relinquish our faith in our most difficult trials for us to lose our safety which is the divine hedge of protection. However practicing the word of God, the basis of our faith must restore the hedge at the end of it all.
HELMET OF SALVATION
‘Out of the mouth confession is made and out of the heart it is believed unto salvation’ (Romans 10:10). The words of salvation must first be recited with the lips, into the memory of the mind. The believer must keep the word in his mind before it digests into his spirit and into his heart. It is known that, the mind is the battle ground because it first stores the word by confession before it disseminates into the heart. The helmet of Salvation in spiritual terms protects the believer from mental attacks to avoid losing the memory of the word of God. It is anything the believer does to keep the word in his mind. By keeping the helmet of salvation on, the believer in his activity enforces God’s divine hedge of protection over his mind.
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
The sword in battle is an offensive weapon that is used to slay the enemy. In the same way, the sword of the spirit which is the word of God is used to attack the devil. For instance if the enemy says, you’re sick, you counter by saying ‘when I am weak then I am strong because God’s strength is made perfect in my weakness’-(2 Corinthians 12:8b & 10b). When the enemy says ‘you’re poor’, you respond by saying, ‘though he was rich, yet for my sake he became poor, so that I through His poverty might become rich’ (2 Corinthians 8:9).
This is how we must apply the word of God to keep constant pressure on the enemy so that we do not expose our rear to lose the hedge of protection. The word of God which is assuring, comforts us and keeps us in the hunt to obtain God’s promise. If we’re not able to speak back at the devil, the enemy will constantly keep pushing until we give-in to breakdown the hedge. In the process, God’s divine hedge of protection that comes from enforcing the word of God is broken.
