Armor of God
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes
Ephesians 6:10
In tamil translation & KJV English version we can see the word wiles used in the place of schemes of the devil meaning cunning or tricks of the devil.
In our life some people would have conned us. We perceive them to be good at first but later we find them cunning and lying to us. If these people are cunning how much more satan will be whose is behind these people to deceive us and take us away from God.
How do we protect ourselves from these devil schemes?
The answer as per the above verse is to put on the armor of God
In the Navy warships when the soldiers to go to bed they keep their uniform, shoes and other things ready. When there is an emergency and when the siren rings they get ready within a minute and get ready for the emergency. This practice is followed all 365 days even when there is no war or threat near them.
Are we putting the armor of God when we get up from bed?
We are in a war with satan and every morning when we wake up satan is planning schemes against our family, our travel, our job etc.
But when we get up and sit with The Lord we can put on the armor of God. The first part is to praise and thank God for all he has done and the second part is to examine our life about the previous day what we have missed and what we have done wrong against God & confess our sins &get cleansed by the blood of Christ . Because everyday we may miss something and sin against God & may not know it . But on the next day when we examine ourselves in the light of The Holy Spirit we can find our short comings & when we confess it God is good & faithful to forgive & cleanse us.
We are all humans & we may sin knowingly & unknowingly & each sin gives enemy to advance or gain more power against us. When we confess then we can put on the 4 armors of God
1.Belt of truth
2.Breast plate of righteousness
3.Helmet of salvation
4.Feet with the readiness of The Gospel
When we pray & mediate on the world of god we will be prepared with the 5. the sword of the spirit & 6. shield of faith to attack the enemy when he comes to us with a spiritual attack
Everyday morning when we wake up we have to do this. Once I saw a prayer group having this beautiful quote “Part time Christians cannot fight full time devil” . Yes this is true because we cannot fight a devil who is planning evil schemes at us day & night without sitting with the lord in prayer.
Prayer
Our loving heavenly father we pray that we have wear your armour & stand against the devil schemes & gain victory over the enemy, In Jesus name I pray , Amen.
Sol.Leo