Full Armor of God Diet

Ephesians 6:16 describes another part of the Armor of God, the Shield of Faith.

"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."

I love the visual this creates. Imagine Satan is shooting arrows at you. These are not just your ordinary sharp arrows, which would be bad enough. These are sharp and flaming arrows. Now imagine you're holding up a shield and blocking every arrow. Not only does your shield block every arrow, perhaps this sheild has a high-tech sprinkler system. The shield sprays out water and squelches the fire from the flaming arrows several feet away. Before the arrows touch the shield, the fire is put out. When they hit the shield, they are wimpy, burnt up arrows with no power. You hear a light pop as they gently tap the sheild and then fall softly to the ground. The destroyed, wet arrows lay at your feet.

I love the Sheild of Faith. It's a wonderful part of the Armor of God. Wouldn't it be fun to picture yourself holding up the shield the next time you sense a flaming arrow heading your way?