Fighting on~

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

The past few weeks had been full of battles. Spiritual battles, exams battle, my own self battle.

Paul tells us to take the full armour of God, not just a partial armour of God. No smart warriors goes to the battlefield with only a shield and not a sword, neither does one goes to a battlefield with only him plate-mail. A warrior enters the battle ground with not only his armours and weapons but a band of brothers willing to die beside each other. I myself have miss this point totally. Often arming myself with words of God, i thought i could battle sin and battle anything that the devil had set for me. But i am so wrong - thus every battle that i enter i lose. And i keep losing. I used to say it's ok, it's ok to lose-as long as i come back to God and repent and repent. But today, i am not pleased with just repentance. I want to win. I want to win every single battle for God.

Oh God prepare me, and equip me. If i perish, i perish...but i rather die than to retreat or back down. In the last chapter of Eph, paul asks us to put on the full armour of God and after putting on our full armour, he asks us to pray that he will tell the world about Jesus. It is war people, but just put on your armour and stay out of the battlefield. Put on your armour, take your weapon and FIGHT.