On the day we join forces with Jesus, we are marked with the seal of the Holy Spirit. Eph. 1:13-14
We step
into battle.
We are
handed the SWARD of the spirit…Which is the word of God.
Take the
helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Eph.
6:17
The same
sword the Holy Spirit uses in battle against the enemy. We are given this
weapon as a gift, and told to make it our own.
To do this we must learn how to use it, practice and gain knowledge of
the power we hold in our hands.
For the
word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews
4:12
As we use
learn to use the sword of the spirit and wage war within our own lives, killing
off our selfishness, anger, bitterness, etc.
we are slowly released from living under the authority of the law and
start to operate in the fruit that comes from the Holy Spirit.
For when
we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were
at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.
But now,
by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we
serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Romans 7:5-6
But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things
there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
The fruit
of our lives as warriors of God using the powerful weapons of war He has given
us should produce some amazing results!
What is
the result of our actions today?
Where do we
need to re-examine and re-focus the use of our spiritual armor?
