My daughter just recently decided to give her life to Jesus. Then we all began working with her on what that means. One of her older sisters started teaching her how to "be safe from Satan" and was using the scripture quoted above.
You know, so many things are used over and over to teach kids about the Bible and I just become sort of numb to them. I think of them as "kids' stories" rather than the Word for me that they are. And when I actually read (or overhear someone reading) these scriptures it will amaze me how much truth there is in them.
So I'm listening to this being read to my 6 yr old and thinking about how to explain it to her. Boy does that make scripture come alive! (One of my goals is to someday re-write the Bible in my own words--just for me. I haven't gotten very far yet, but someday . . .)
Armor is something we use to protect and defend ourselves, right? So I began to really look at each piece. I was going to write about it all at once, but it was getting way too long. So I'm breaking it down piece by piece.
The belt of truth. The Ten Commandments clearly teach us not to lie. This isn't just to give us a rule to follow. Truth protects us. And when I looked at what the Roman belt is, I found that it isn't just something to hold your pants up. It was a piece of armor that went all the way around with leather strips that hung down and protected the groin area.
This, to a man, would be a very important thing. Ever know a man who didn't instinctively want to protect his groin? That's how important Truth should be to us.
The belt also holds the dagger guard. I found this interesting since the sword is the Word of God. We have nothing to hold our sword if we aren't first guarded by the Truth.
