Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Eph 6:13 (NASB)
I have a confession – I have not even pondered this passage in ages. There always floats around the advice to put on the armor daily. And, off and on throughout my life I have done so. But it has always tended to become some rote and meaningless routine that ends up fading by the wayside. As I type the words, I don’t like the thought that I let any part of Scripture become that to me. I’m ashamed of that. But, I might as well be honest and admit it.
This morning it was the next passage in my reading through Ephesians. For the first time in my memory, it was not rote. For the first time I could specifically identify each portion of the armor with a current struggle – in fact, with a struggle for today. Somehow before today I have not known how to put on the armor in a relevant fashion; but today the light came on. Today I know.
I think there are many times when Scripture is like that for me. I have always known the “Sunday school” answers, but I haven’t always known how to take specific portions of the Word and let them live in my daily life. I am learning, and I took one more step today.
Now the challenge is to live in this new understanding. It’s easy to gain new understanding from the living Word and then not implement it. May I not neglect to live my life fully immersed in each new lesson revealed to my heart and mind.
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