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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist...”
Ephesians 6:14a
This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
While it can often appear that things are at peace, the fact is that there is a constant war taking place, every minute of every hour of every day. This fight isn’t a physical one but rather a spiritual one, a conflict between the goodness and righteousness of the Lord God Almighty and the wickedness and malevolence of the devil, the ruler of the dark world and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Since Satan posses no power to defeat God, he turns his attention to the people of God with the goal of destroying every good and perfect person God has even created. The fact that every person is a sinner who falls short of God’s glory creates a huge disadvantage in this war against the enemy because everyone is vulnerable in some way and Satan knows those weaknesses, sometimes better than we do.
To counter this and be able to stand against the devil’s schemes, we need protection and the only place we can gain it is by carefully putting on the full armor of God. Today, we begin looking at each component of that armor, starting with the belt. Look again at these words here:
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist...”
If you’ll recall from the recent series of messages centered on putting on a new self in Christ, Christian believers are to be honest with others. Lying is a sin, plain and simple, and yet I think many people have told so many fibs that they are comfortable doing it. In other words, for a lot of people, it is just as easy to be untruthful as it is to be honest. Without putting on the full armor of God, it can be an easy place to get to, especially when you forget to put on the belt.
We know this because the belt is associated with truth. When buckled, a belt serves to keep everything in place and so too does truth from a spiritual perspective. It’s been said that honesty is the best policy but the Lord would want us to know it’s the best because it is His policy and frankly, it’s only through Him, that we can have this belt in place.
As Christians, we need to remember these words from Jesus who is One with the Father:
“I am the way and the truth and the life.” John 14:6a
Jesus said that He is the truth. That means that Christians need to be fully in Him and He in them if they have any hope of being truthful and honest.
Fail to allow Jesus to lead you and watch how fast Satan will enter in to guide you onto the road of deceitfulness, a road he travels daily since he is the father of all lies (John 8:44).
Allow Jesus to lead you and you will always walk the path of honesty, wearing the belt of truth as a part of your full armor.
Tomorrow, we will examine the breastplate of righteousness.
In Christ,
Mark
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