Greetings Dear Reader,
We cannot be invulnerable. When we try, the chinks in our armor are
exposed. The holes in our thoughts and
beliefs are found. That which assails us
gets in and does damage. We are flawed
failed and vulnerable whether we wish it or not.
It is only when we
use the armor that is not ours, but provided by the Spirit that we can achieve invincibility. Faith, salvation, righteousness, truth, and the
good news of Jesus Christ are our armor provided by the Father. Around that armor is a cloak made of zealous
love directed toward the Father and every human that lives.
When David faced
Goliath, he refused the armor offered him because he had not proven it. He had not tested it and learned to fight
wearing it. His weapon was a sling. He had practiced over and over with it whilst
tending his Father’s sheep. Whilst
bringing lunch to his brothers, he saw how his God was being treated, he became
a warrior.
He knew that the
Father was enough. He knew that standing
against Goliath was his only choice. David
chose five stones because Goliath had four brothers. He embraced the good news that redemption provides
and walked out to meet the giant. He was
unashamed to be armor-less because his armor was the truth that the Father had
always protected him. His righteousness
protected his heart that burned with zeal for his God. His head was covered and protected with the
certain knowledge that the Father would save him. Goliath’s sword and spear could not reach
David because of his faith.
David was vulnerable
but invincible. His response to Goliath’s
challenge burned from his love for God; "The LORD, who saved me from
the lion and the bear, will save me from this Philistine." When he needed a weapon, it was his love for
God that fueled him.
We can see from the
Psalms that David wrote that he loved the Father with great zeal. Despite the many times, he failed to live out
that love, when called to account, it was where he always returned. I must do the same. I must rely on the Father to provide for my
defense. I have to attend to wearing
what he has provided to do so.
When the attacks of
others come, I am invincible in this stance.
I do not need to hate or fight. Even
when those I love reject me, there is no need to be destroyed. I can instead use the vulnerability of loving
others for the sake of loving the Father to fight and to win. Victory will not look like I imagine it
will. It never does. The win is far beyond what I can imagine,
Dear Reader. Knowing that I am obedient
to the great commands is enough.
As we move on down
the path, it is in this armor I will walk.
It is this vulnerable invincibility that must be part of my
determination to follow Christ in love. We
can withstand anything we must to share that love. The journey home will not always be peaceful. We need fear nothing, Dear Reader. We need only wear the armor given and walk in
the light provided by the Son. Please
keep walking with me, Dear Reader. I do not
have all the answers but I know where to go to find them. One of those answers is that to be invincible
we must be vulnerable to love.
Wishing you joy in
the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus
said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of
Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new
and old things from his great treasure store.”
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