Living your life with God being the source of continual guidance is the proper mindset and the first step in the right direction. Even when the world is nipping at your heals, having your mind centered on Christ will help you not be mislead into centering your life on worldly things. Money, for example, may lead you to feel as if having your bank account overflowing with cash will make life easier. The allure of money may lead to a false sense of security and it becoming the center of your life instead of having the benefits of God being your main focus. The worship of fortune rules your mind. Before you know it you fall into the devil’s schemes, and the sin of worshiping something before God takes over.
To help fight this you must put on the full armor of God to defend yourself from the devil’s tricks. As it says in Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” As John MacArthur puts it,
“The armor of God is just another way to pull all of those components together in a memorable fashion, in a mental image of a soldier. We have the best outfitted army ever. We have the best Commander in Chief...But if you go out without your armor, you’re going to be vulnerable. Put it on and you can handle anything the enemy brings.”
If you are mentally armored up with God’s Word as your sword and His wisdom as your helmet you are ready to handle anything.
What a great post!..We forget our need for God’s guidance. We also need to realize that He is our armor...it’s with His power not ours that we survive.
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