in my church the pastor has been doing a series on "godly garb - what to wear" based loosely on the tlc show "what not to wear" (one of my favorites)...so of course it caught my attention...for the past several weeks we have been going over the right "essentials" to be worn as we go into battle...
the week before last pastor allen spoke about "shoes"...you can imagine my delight when i walked into the sanctuary and the whole front of the church was full of all kinds of different shoes...i didn't spot any that i "had" to have...not that they were for sale or anything like that...but it was fun to look...
this week really caught my attention...pastor allen spoke about the shield...and how it is used to protect us...there were many scenes shown from battles to really illustrate the shield and how the men would walk forward straight towards the enemy. the big "news" of the day from the pastor...was...hey...you are going to have fiery darts thrown at you from time to time...it might seem like a lot lately...but you will have them...and you need to be prepared...
thanks pastor ;o)
what really hit me in his words this last sunday was when he spoke of fear and faith...and the difference of the two...pastor really focused on how we as humans "worry" way to much about tomorrow...and miss out on the day we are supposed to be living...hmmm...seems i've done that a time or two...
it was just another emphasis on the fact that...worrying about things completely out of your control...well...what does that get you? pastor talked alot about having faith always...but mostly during the times that we have fiery darts being thrown at us...
fiery darts can be anything from something minor - a friend irritating you...to something a lot bigger...a devastating loss...the enemy comes at us in all directions...we always need to be prepared...
ephesians 6:16 says "in addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one"...wow!
using faith as "armor" produces protection, obedience, God's favor and power...who wouldn't want these things? but most of all...faith produces the ability to stand...now i for one really like this one...to be able to stand tall in the midst of trials....knowing that your faith is all that is keeping you going...
pastor allen said one statement on sunday that really hit me hard...he said "we can have fear...or we can have faith...fear makes you take a step back...faith makes you take a step forward"...
my faith needs to based on who God is...not my circumstances...faith is simply believing God...it is a choice...i choose to take a step forward...
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