Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Keep it fastened

"Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness," Ephesians 6:14

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On March 5, Seattle runner Kelly Herron was 4 miles into a 10-mile run through the Golden Gates Park when she stopped to use the restroom and was attacked by a man hiding in a stall. About the assault she said, "I fought for my life screaming, clawing his face, punching back, and desperately trying to escape his grip—never giving up.” Thankfully Herron had just taken a self defense class and used what she learned to fight him off even locking him in a bathroom until the police came. Without that knowledge, this certainly could have been a story with a bad ending though. Wouldn't you agree?

And when it comes to being attacked, the Bible tells us we will face battles every day...  spiritual battles with an attacker so evil and cunning that he would do anything to take us down. But thankfully, you and I don't have to take a class to know that the our first defense in fighting off this adversary, the devil, is to stand firm and wear truth like a belt. This "belt of truth" is our integrity and our foundation for us to fight against the enemy. This integrity is not only being honest, moral and upright when people can see our actions but even when they can't. It's being the same person throughout the week that we are on Sunday and not only knowing God's truth but showing it by the way we live our lives. 

And while none of us will ever be perfect or able to follow God's commands completely, doing our best to keep that belt fastened tightly will keep us from being labeled hypocrites and help us fend off any attack that comes our way. So, as Herron later said after her attack, "never stop fighting and never stop running."

Heavenly Father, thank you for your Word that gives us everything we need to fight off satan and his attacks. Help us Lord to not only learn it but to put it into practice in every area of our lives. Help us to be the same person at home and at work as the one we portray at church. In other words, let us be people of integrity. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.


Happy Running!!!

Praise and arrows - Trip Lee



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