Every action starts with the mind. The mind though not seen, is very powerful and is limitless in how far it can travel. The content of our mind is revealed through our actions. For the mind to be productive it needs to be fed with the right information. The food of the mind – information is got through two out of the five senses, the ear and the eye. Every good and well structured life has its origination from the mind, the decisions we make/take and the words of our lips prove the worth of our mind. If the ear and the eye are corrupt the wholeness of the body is lost. Our utterances create our world. “A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Pro 18:20-21”
We are also enslaved by our mind. There is no slavery/prison greater than that of the mind. Folks are caged perpetually because their hearts (mind) are yet to be liberated though they be shown born again – enslavement of the Spirit.
The kind of mind we have determines how far we can go with our dreams. Positive minds like the woman with the issue of blood will always overcome obstacles. However high the level at which we have been caged, there is still an opportunity for freedom. “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom 12:2.” The expresses Apostle Paul’s advice for Christians to have a renewed mind. Your donkey years of being a Christian do not guarantee that you have a renewed mind.
Paul says in Gal 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” You might have seen this happening yet, you are still like the Galatians. They have been with Paul yet unbelief rocks their minds. For a renewed mind and personality we need light (knowledge) to shine in our heart. Hos 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” The knowledge we lack has often enslaved us as in the above scriptures, Hosea 4: 6.
Joh 10:10 Says“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”.
Notice that the first thing the devil does is to steal before he kills and destroys. He steals the truth you have learnt. The truth is your personality in Christ. He makes you believe that the name, Jesus is no longer a strong tower. He makes blur the clear vision you have about yourself from Christ. Then disbelief sets in. Hosea 4: 6 confirms that the only reason why God’s people are destroyed is because they lack knowledge (truth). Some think he steals your property. Far from it, he is after the heart. When he succeeds with the above, the individual begins to loose his right standing with God, begins to be killed and destroyed. It is then just about now that he begins to affect your properties because he has succeeded in disconnecting you from your source (God). The pride of the devil is to see Christians falling and deprived of their inheritance.
But there is a seasoned secret which we can use to withstand and protect ourselves from the flying darts of the enemy, it is the breast plate. Like the man in a battle field, we need to have our breast plate on at all time. Even when our shield fails us the breast plate of righteousness remains. The devil is always on the watch for a shift of our breast plate. If he finds one, he penetrates if not immediately adjusted. A shift results when we loose focus and sin begins to rule over our lives. He then throws the arrow of unbelief to corrupt all you must have known about God. The devil being wicked won’t stop at working to destroy a believer. We therefore need to check and be conscious of our breast plate of righteousness always.
The breast plate is righteousness. For us to be and live a righteous life, we need to study the bible very well so that we will not tossed about by every wind of doctrine. The bible is the sword of the Spirit. Being knowledged means you having the sword of the Spirit. No wonder Paul urged Timothy his spiritual son to study the scripture always. The devil is always afraid of the word of God because he (devil) understands the efficacy of the word. The breast is not prayer. Jesus did not overcome by when the devil tried the firmness of His plate. The breast plate of righteousness will always protect us from falling. Gal 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
Breast plates are also of different dimension/sizes. The more thicker a breast plate is the more effective it is in protecting the individual. Paul being a father discovered Timothy breast plate was not hard enough, he then instructed him to study more. How thick is your breast Plate? Get yourself soaked in the word.
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