*ANOINT YOUR SHIELDS*
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Ephesians 6:16 KJVS
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
As a Christian, you are called to be a warrior. You are called to fight and oppose the enemy in all forms of ways. God is anointing you to be more than a match for the devil' s works. That is why He is putting His Spirit in you.
1 John 3:8 KJVS
...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
One major part of your armoury is the shield of faith. With a shield , a fighter is able to prevent the arrows of the enemy from reaching and hurting his body. The darts of wicked are fiery. This means the darts or arrows of the wicked burn with fire. The darts of the wicked are laden with inflammable substances. When the enemy throws arrows at you, he aims at making you burn with the wrong fire. He wants you to be charged with all the wrong reasons for doing life, serving God or doing the work of the ministry. Refuse to burn with the wrong fire.
Refuse to be ignited with the wrong passions.
The main fire of the enemy is fear. Refuse to be inflammed for all the reasons that make you afraid on the inside. The purpose of the anointing is to put you ahead of anything that could possibly make you panic with so much fear that you fail to fight, in which venture your victory is most definitely assured in Christ. Go for the anointing!
Isaiah 21:4-6 KJVS
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. [5] Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. [6] For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
A skillful fighter is supposed to preempt the direction of enemy archers' darts. How can you tell what the enemy is going to do next? You can never tell, except you flow with the anointing. It is the anointing of God that fights the anointing of the enemy. So learn to fight on that plane. Your shield of faith needs to be an anointed shield.
It is the anointing of God that will make your shield of faith an ably wielded defense. It the anointing of God that will shield powerful. It is the anointing of God that will make your shield rightly positioned to extinguish oncoming arrows from the most unassuming directions.
Ask God to shield you by His anointing. Ask God to make your faith ready against the arrows of fear. Ask God for His anointing, and oil for your shield, in Jesus mighty name.
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Anastasia Bruce
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