Today's Devotion

Football?




"Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. ~ Ephesians 6:15-18, NLT"



Okay as promised we are going to continue through Ephesians 6 and look at the rest of the attire God clothes us with as his children! Salvation is our helmet, when I think of a helmet I think of something that is very important in protecting not only our head, and brain but also our spinal cord. I was just listening to Coach Bill Snyder on game day talk about football safety and how new helmets make it safer for players, but in such a physical sport its impossible to prevent every injury. BUT the helmet we wear in our salvation in Christ can handle any tackle, sack, block or defense that we may face in our Christian life. Yes we may feel bumps and bruises as we walk in our faith and follow our savior but through salvation we will never be paralyzed spiritually. I wasn't planning on using Football as a metaphore for this but I think it works so we'll go with it:)



As Christians we may feel defeated and as if we can't get back up, this can be caused by an emotional attack feeling like a sack or tackle---you know the kind of words that just about make you sick to you stomach as though you'd rather take a hit in the gut than experience the words that were just spoken. Or we may experience a block when we try to share the Good News with a friend, and its not received in the way we had hoped. What can we do when we feel our helmet is slipping and failing us? Well I think we can take out our sword (okay not sure what football equivalent that would be maybe pads?~Nathen you can help me out here:)) Our sword is the Bible, read it, read it, and read it again, and reflect. I know when I'm feeling defeated, discouraged, and beat up I can always find encouragement and comfort in what the Bible says.



Finally, we are all on this team of Christians together so we need to pray for each other because the game we are playing in this life is hard, tough, and challenging but at the end of this game we will all be winners because of our always loving, caring, gracegranting, merciful Coach, God! So today as you prepare for whatever faces you consult with your Coach in prayer, read HIS Word and know He has saved you!



In God's Love,

Sarah:)