Today's readings are 2 Kings 4.38-5.8 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Kings+4.38-5.8 ) and Ephesians 6.1-24 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eph.+6.1-24 ).
If you are like I am, and I think you are, you see that many days are filled with toil and strife. We are under attack from every side. We hunger and thirst. We go about our business and find hindrances and obstacles. In fact, as I write this a day in advance, I'm looking back on a day that was full of interruptions. It is late evening and I am about where I intended to be in the early afternoon when I look at my work load.
There are times when we are all hard pressed. Other times life moves along more smoothly and easily. In all those situations, whether we are trying to feed a bunch of prophets like Elisha was or whether we are trying to figure out how to be parents, children, masters, or slaves, as Paul addresses in Ephesians, we are in need of the armor of God. When living seems easy we like to take credit for it or rest on our achievements, riches, or good feelings. When living seems more difficult we like to mope around, feel sorry for ourselves, take out our frustrations on ourselves or others, or otherwise deny Christ's goodness and sovereign grace in every situation.
Let us rather put on the armor of God. It was made by our Lord for us. He knows how it fits. He, in fact, is the one who puts it on us, as we can't put our armor on by ourselves. As we are armed and ready for the battle, we are prepared to face whatever day the Lord is giving us, depending on his strength rather than our own.
May the Lord bless you and protect you, whatever he brings into your life today.
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