THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD

Many people these days are stockpiling food and weapons and ammunition. They are going to classes to learn how to shoot quick and straight, how to do first aid and how to run a homestead. All of this is good BUT the one thing that people need most, the one class they need to take, the one form of survival training they need most is the one that they do not bother with. That one class is HOW to walk with God and HOW to listen and hear His voice.

THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
Many people these days are stockpiling food and weapons and ammunition. They are going to classes to learn how to shoot quick and straight, how to do first aid and how to run a homestead. All of this is good BUT the one thing that people need most, the one class they need to take, the one form of survival training they need most is the one that they do not bother with. That one class is HOW to walk with God and HOW to listen and hear His voice.
Jesus Christ was and is the only begotten son of God and Jesus said of himself, “When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.” If anybody should be able to “do his own thing” it would be Jesus, wouldn’t it? Yet, Jesus said he did nothing of himself. He always did the will of the Father.
We should be the same way. If we did the will of the Father wouldn’t He protect us? If He didn’t we should get a new god. But, God will protect us
II Chronicles 16: 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
God will direct our every step. He will show us which way we should go and which way not to go.
II Kings 6: 8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
If we only believed God at His Word we would live a life that is more than abundant even in the hardest of times.
I Kings 17: 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
If we are to stand in this day and time, whether the days be plentious or whether they be hard times, God will show us the way and prosper us. When I say us I mean us as individuals. But to stand in this day and time we have to put on the whole armour of God.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
When we put away all of the things that we have been so attracted (TV, books, magazines, etc.) and start really studying God’s Word we will be able to stand and not knuckle under nor will we succumb to the circumstances with which we are surrounded but we will more than conquerors in each and every situation.