shield of faith...

the end of ephesians 6:16 says: above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one...

now...i know we are never to take a portion of a scripture...but read all that is before and after...and i have...and i hope that you will as well...but today i wanted to focus on those fiery darts...

well...not specifically the fiery darts...although i feel like they keep flying my way...left and right...but for me...the focus is on "taking the shield of faith"...

because..believe me...if i hadn't taken the shield of faith...i'm not quite sure what my attitude would be right now...

the bad news is...we have the enemy who is after us...

the good news is...God knows it!

so what is this shield of faith? faith is...believing God...simple...and it is a choice...a choice we make...are we going to choose to believe...or not...

my faith is based on who God is...not my circumstances...

and although there are times i get a little afraid of some of my circumstances...i know that "fear" is the opposite of faith...because when i fear...i am not believing that God is with me...fear makes me take a step back...faith makes me take a step forward...and since i really don't want to be taking steps back..i "choose" to have faith...to believe God...