Don't Let Your Sword Grow Dull

Out of the 10 knives I have one good knife that I use for chopping and cutting through thick/tough foods. It has a nice grip and handle on it. You wouldn't want this knife to come near a finger because it cuts through meat like cutting through butter. Well, that was the knife when I first got it. As I was washing my "favorite" knife today I noticed that through so much use it's growing a bit dull.

If I don't sharpen the knife it won't chop,cut, slice like I know it could. The effectiveness of the knife solely depends on my up keep of it. If I sharpen it, it can continue to do its job effectively.

This makes me think about our weapon of warfare...the SWORD also referred to as the Word of God.

We can't let the word of God grow dull in our hearts. The Word of God is effective but if you don't sharpen yourself in it, it cannot work on your behalf. It can't pierce the enemy when he attacks.

We have an awesome shield of faith that will quench the enemy's every fiery dart.  So imagine an arrow that's on fire coming towards you, but once it makes contact with your shield, instead of melting into the material of the shield, or instead of having to drop the shield and run, your shield puts the fire out and the arrow is ineffective. You are left unharmed. Bless God for such as unique shield.

Not only do we want to be protected to withstand against the enemies darts, we want to be able to throw some punches too, right? We want to get a few wounds in on him for trying to affect our health, our finances, families, community, city, state, etc. He wants us to fall back into the ways of our "old man." So be on the look out for temptations too. Satan shouldn't get away scott-free without a scar on him. Hence, our Swords need to be sharpened daily in the Word of God so we can slice and dice him out of our lives. Learn and understand the word of God so when Satan makes his attack you can say "You are a LIAR. The Word of God has said...." We take this lesson from Luke 4 when Jesus was being tempted Jesus always told Satan what God said. Let's follow suit. The Word of God has many purposes, but let's not forget that it is a WEAPON OF OUR WARFARE!
                       

     SHARPEN YOUR SWORD AND GO TO WAR UNAFRAID!