By Sidharth Mohandas
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. [Ephesians 6:13-17]
There is just one place in the armor that offers no protection- and that is our back. The message the Lord has for us is: “Never turn back in fear or you will be vulnerable to the enemies attack and will lose”.
The most powerful weapon the enemy has that can pull you down is “fear”. Now, the original meaning of “fear” is “to run away from”. Joyce Meyer in her book “Do it afraid!” relates that every human being will “feel” fear, and the bible never tells us not to “feel” fear, but tells us not to be afraid and that simply means not to run away when faced with something that causes fear.
Some years back I was called to present a paper on Diabetes and those who came to listen were quite unruly. I felt fearful and I asked the Lord to take away the fear but nothing happened. Prayerfully, I stepped onto the platform to present the paper…and to my surprise, the moment I stepped onto the stage, the fear that I felt disappeared and I presented the paper as bold as a lion. In fact, I had people come and tell me that the presentation was very good.
If you are facing some task that seems to scare the life out of you, I encourage you to press on with the help of the Lord. Do not turn your back on the devil, he will defeat you.
Feel the fear and do it anyway! Mind you I think it is a good idea to get the devil behind us, like Jesus said.
[...] However, if you did notice, there is one part of our body that does not have a weapon and that is our back. I had written an article on this topic a while back. Read how you can protect your back, in Don’t turn your back! [...]