Passage of the Day - February 24, 2013

Ephesians 6:10-20

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ 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. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
¹⁸ With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, ¹⁹ and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The most important part of battle is being able to do the right thing when you are in the right position at the right time.  The right footwear gives us the ability to fight after getting our position at the right time.  We can have footwear that allows us to stand our ground, but is too clunky for us to get in position.  We can have footwear that allows us to get there, but then we’d be slipping all over the place with any resistance.

The gospel of peace is similar.  Digging in and getting to know God’s message of peace to the world (not only between God and man, but also man and man) will help us to know where to go and will give us the tools to know what to do when we are there.  This is the message we are to share wherever we go.  We can often be listless in life because we embrace the cheap fire insurance gospel.  Where our feet go, we go.  Our feet are like our will.  If the gospel of peace does not penetrate our will, we will go nowhere and do nothing.

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