The Bible discloses to us we are in a war, and our foe, Satan the fallen angel, is set on wrecking us. The messenger Paul cautions us to be careful with Satan’s gadgets and strategies (2 Corinthians 2:11). How might we safeguard ourselves from his stealthy and fatal assaults?

Paul tended to this in Ephesians 6:10-20 where he discusses putting in a general protective layer of God. Ephesians was one of Paul’s letters composed from jail. Amid Paul’s opportunity in jail he clearly turned out to be all around familiar with the shield worn and conveyed by his captors in the Roman armed force. Following Isaiah’s lead (Isaiah 59:17), Paul drew a great examination between an officer’s reinforcement and the otherworldly covering of God.

Paul expressed: “At long last, my brethren, be solid in the Lord and in the intensity … Read the rest