" ... with the breastplate of righteousness in place..."
Ephesians 6:14b
After reading through the post from last night, I was faced with an overpowering feeling that we must discuss the magnificent weight of this piece of armor. Given its placement on the body, it would be evenly distributed and easily carried, if it were a human-designed element. But this is of God.
To carry the power necessary to block attacks against the heart from the spiritual forces in the heavenly realms, it would almost need to be several tons of metal and rock and everything else we know of to be "impenetrable." And even though a historical plate would have simple straps to mount it, this heavenly one would have to be almost entirely encompassing as a single piece, from a single material. It would be insanely heavy, frighteningly large and excessively bulky... and there is no way possible that any person could carry it, no matter how strong. To remind you alll of something very true, we simply are incapable of handling it on our own.
Thankfully, once we put this armor on, it is God through the Spirit that allows us to have the plate on our chest. And because it is not of this world, not of our own laws of physics, our very finite minds cannot grasp how it infinitely protects us. Yet, due to our free will, we are capable of removing it when we choose to. This happens, as mentioned in the beginning of this segment, due to arrogance and complacency. We fall back on our human understanding of grace and decide that we are blessed enough to not need to fight and remain vigilant... and, as a new friend of mine says, we then sit back on our blessed butts and let the world become whatever it will. But we should be in the fight, which is the spiritual warfare that is all around us, at all times.
Pray today a prayer of thanks for the Spirit which lifts and holds your breastplate for you. Thank God for the ability to participate on the field of battle in this spiritual war... and for the blessing of being on the winning side of it, through Christ! Knowing the battle is already won does not give us an excuse not to participate, blessed friends. It is through our actions which prove our words and our faith that we are the greatest witness... so get up off your blessed butt and make your stand. I promise, you will honor the Lord in doing so!
God bless you all!!!
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