(Eph 6:16) “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.” Every day can seem to be an attack by Satan. It very well may be. But this I know, the shield of faith I stand behind says, “All things work together for good to them that love Him; to them who have been called according to His purpose.” (Rom 8:28) That’s me!  I live my life loving Him back! The evidence is my efforts to be obedient to His Word, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.”(Jn 14:15) He will help me through to the end of this life and deliver my soul to the other side!

(Eph 6:14) “Stand therefore, having your … (15) ….your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;” We often think of this as being prepared to tell others. The truth is, one needs to be saved before leading others to Christ. The thought of feet shod, prepared, takes my mind back to the Upper Room where Jesus washed the disciples feet. Peter forbade the Lord until He said, “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with Me.”

If you are yet to be saved, join Peter and we who have been saved by replying to our Lord, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head”!

(Eph 6:14)” Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness”  The breastplate which covers our heart as Satan attacks our person, is the righteousness of Christ! Satan says, “You’re not worthy”. My heart replies, “You’re right! But my Savior is worthy and I dwell in Him!” Paul was led to pen, (Php 3:9) “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” 

(Eph 6:14) “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,…” Have you ever wondered why the armor of God mentions “truth” first? One cannot be saved if they do not believe God! Faith is believing what God says is true and then acting upon it. The truth is, God became flesh, dwelt among us, died bearing our sins, was buried, and then rose again alive from the dead. How do I know this is the truth? Answer: because God said it is!

(Eph 6:14) “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,…” There is only one truth – God’s truth. That truth is ONLY found in your Bible. I personally use the Bible of the great revivals, the one translated from the text used and trusted up to the late 1800’s. Its translators had read in the languages of Greek and Hebrew from their youths. They, unlike today, translated the Bible word for word from those text. I am speaking of the truth found in the King James Translation. Thank God we have the truth of God’s Word!

(Eph 6:13) “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”  This speaks of more than standing. The idea is to hold the ground. The word “withstand” has the idea of opposing! You cannot stand against evil without opposing it, and that openly. Most people today take the silence of others as agreement with their position. We live in days of evil. Today is the day for you and me to stand!