Courageous or Coward

In Ephesians chapter six, we find God has provided seven pieces of spiritual armour for every Christian warrior. These are to be applied daily by faith. You will notice the greaves for the legs have been replaced by prayer, because our battles are fought on our knees, thus protecting them.

Six of these parts are for defense, and only one (the sword) is offensive. This tells me we are to take more than we dish out. Few, if any of God’s soldiers have ever quit the battle while wielding their swords. It’s when the enemy fights back and the going gets tough that they desert The Captain of their Salvation.

I find the ones who stay the course wind up tough as leather, but the defectors become hard as a rock. And understandingly so, for shame and disgrace follow turncoats wherever they go! By the way, the wise man tells us, “…there is no discharge in that war.”  

If you get knocked down, get up. At least as far as your knees.