The Armor of God

Ephesians 6:10-20 talks about the armor of God, this is the 'equipment' he provides us with to "11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." God provides us with the following "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." These are awesome to think about, God provides us with this arsenal to protect us in our battles for him note that when you are attacked it still hurts we will still have pain and suffering but we have what we need to fight the battle. God gives us a breastplate not a cuirass so your back is left exposed, if you turn your back on the battle if you refuse Gods path then everything he has provided you with is useless because his protection doesn't cover the backs of those who flee. The helmet protecting our heads the key to life and the thing that make us unique intelligent beings is salvation. This represents that without salvation then we have nothing if we have not accepted our salvation in Christ it is as battling without a helmet leaving us exposed to attack and doomed to fail. His word our sword is what we need to win without it we can take hits all day but we can never defeat our enemies. The belt is truth at our center keeping us balanced and on track. All the different types of armor and weapons are specifically chosen for a purpose to relate to us the use of God's gifts. He calls us to put on the whole suit of God because just part of it is not enough we need all of God to live.