The Armor of God- Don'tleave home without it!

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 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. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 

Would you leave home without your physical clothing? I think not. So why would anyone leave off their spiritual clothing? Maybe because they don't understand what it means to put it on?Once we have put it on , it is not like physical clothing that we can change our outfits everyday. We can't change the breast plate of righteousness because it doesn't match what we want it to go with. We can change the belt of truth because it's gotten to tight. Or even change the gospel of peace that our feet are shoed with because we are tired of wearing the same every day.

These are spiritual clothes that we must leave on until the time when our course is run. If we don't we will be unprepared when the devil starts attacking us . And he most certainly will attack anyone who belongs to the kingdom of God. We have been called, we have a cause, we have a commission, we follow a course, so that we may receive our crown of life. The devil doesn't want us to complete or achieve any of these  so He will attack any chance he can get to knock us of that course trying to steal our crown.

We must pray , constantly , with all kinds of prayer and all earnestness. And we are also Told in this scripture that we are to humbly be in constant prayer for our fellow brothers and sisters of Christ.  Keeping watch that none of us be caught in the traps of our adversary.