#readyinandoutofseason

[jesusloveskei]

Defense and Offense mode on

“...Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.” Nehemiah 4:17

Always keeping our guards up in our spiritual life. This is why Paul asked in Ephesians 6 to put on the amor of God that we may withstand all the schemes of evil in any time of the day. Same thing was being said in Nehemiah chapter 4 when the Jews started rebuilding the temple of God. Despite being busy in doing the task, they did not neglected taking a weapon readily available to them while working because they know that the enemy may attack them anytime. 

In our fight of faith, we must not feel confident that the enemy is just lying around the corner waiting to us to fall into sin. We must know that he is actively preparing to snatch us especially when he sees that we aren’t ready for his attack. Our faith should also be on both defense and offense mode, how? By equipping ourself daily with the Word of God and in prayer sometimes even with fasting, we are making our walls up and armor ready every day against any attack from the enemy.