Lesson 21: The Shield of Faith, part 5

Ephesians 6:16 - In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

We must make sure we do not make the same mistake Eve did. We need to raise the shield of faith every day, so we do not get set on fire and experience defeat. We need to see how we extinguish all "the flaming arrows of the evil one" by not living a life walking around being on fire all the time by complaining! As one man says, "We cannot stop Satan from throwing the darts, but we can keep them from starting a fire." You do that by countering with God's Word. This is the shield of faith in action. It is putting our faith in God's Word and obeying what He says about life. It is not just in having faith in God's Word, it is obeying God's Word - "putting your shield up." You are doing something with it rather than staring at the fiery darts! For instance, maybe the enemy is trying to flood your mind with illicit sexual images. What do you do? Shields up! I put my faith in God's word and obey what it says.

Psalm 101:3 "I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I will hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me." It fizzles out and goes away!


Maybe you come across some immoral content on TV or internet, what do you do? Shields up! Faith in God's Word obeys what it says... Matthew 6:22-23 "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" I shut it off and the flame goes away! Notice I knew what to do and how to put the flame out because I knew God's Word. I had previously dipped my shield in it! Or maybe you are just simply driving down the road and see some filth on a billboard. What do you do? Shields up! Faith in God's Word. Do what it says. 1 Corinthians 6:18, 20 "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body… glorify God in your body."

Turn your head, flame goes out. I keep my faith dipped in God's Word. It shields me every single time, as I obey it the flames fizzle out, all of them! This is what extinguishes all the flaming arrows of the evil one! Your shield of faith is dipped in God's Word! You do what it says, and it puts out all the enemy's flaming temptations, every single time.

Put your faith in God! Reject all the insidious lies that burst into flames into your mind and trust in Christ. Trust Him wholly. Trust Him always. Trust Him more and more. Go to Him today and enjoy His victory!