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Last Wednesday Jim spoke about how when you wake up in the morning, you automatically clothe yourself with whatever is appropriate for the day. Like, if you're going to work, you put on your work clothes. How you don't want to be naked when you walk into work, what an embarrassment!! and then he spoke about in the spiritual realm, if you wake up and walk throughout the day without being clothed, you are naked and bare and not prepared for anything. He said wake up and clothe yourselves with the armor of God that you are ready for the day ahead.
This part of the sermon really stuck out to me because during the week I usually even at night think, "oh what should I wear tomorrow? Should I wear jeans? or should I wear a skirt? is that shirt nice enough to wear to work? Ohhh I shouldn't wear that tshirt, its not nice enough for work..etc.." And then in the morning I wake up thinking, oh I can hit snooze again. And then I hit snooze for 15 minutes and make myself rush to do my daily routine of showering, clothing, grab my bagged lunch and get out the door.
But then I usually end up going out the door naked spiritually. So what Jim said made me examine, what are you doing Becky? You're walking into the day naked. When I've been thinking about this, and talking to God about it, this verse came up in my prayers many times, so I thought it was neat that it popped up today on this website.
6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 6:15 and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; 6:16 besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. |
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