For we wrestle not against flesh and blood … Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God. — Ephesians 6:12, 13.
Warriors know the necessity of proper arms if victory is to be gained. “The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” Sometimes God’s people try to be victors with carnal weapons. We are no match “against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Such fighting takes special equipment. God provides it from head to toe, armour tried and true. “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal” for the enemy is spiritual. If we put on the whole armour of God He will lead us in triumph. — C. F. Bundy.
To keep your armor bright,
attend with constant care;
Still walking in your Captain’s sight,
and watching unto prayer.
From strength to strength go on;
wrestle and fight and pray;
Tread all the powers of darkness down,
and win the well-fought day. — Charles Wesley