THE SHIELD OF FAITH.

‘’Lift up over all the shield of saving FAITH upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked one’’

FAITH is a POWERFUL FORCE that can easily move the POWERFUL HANDS of GOD to one`s direction in order to produce POWERFUL ACTS. FAITH is holding on to God`s words in the midst of every circumstance of life which will commit Him to do what He has promised concerning any issue. FAITH can also be seen as BELIEVING God to a point where one can no longer doubt Him and such BELIEF is founded upon an UNSHAKABLE TRUST in Him and in His words as God and His words are inseparable. Remember that your living is connected to and tied to your faith and without faith cum absolute belief in God and His words, you can in no way please Him. The major attack of the enemy is launched towards your faith because he knows that if he can attack your faith and bring it to a zero level, he will be able to defeat you. Christ prayed for Apostle Peter that the devil was out to get Peter by all means but He(Christ) had prayed for him(Peter) so that his faith should not fail.

The devil shrinks whenever your faith tank reads HIGH but he is happy when your faith pointer deflects towards the zero level and that is the reason why all his attacks are targeted towards your faith but thank God that we can through the shield of saving faith quench all the flaming missiles of the devil. Abraham used this kind of faith to silence the devil. He believed God when there was nothing to believe and the devil could not stop him from becoming the father of nations. Noah also overcame the evil one using this raw faith. He believed God to the point of building an ark when no flood was in view and the devil could not stop him from triumphing over the destruction that took the lives of people in his generation. Joseph also flawed the devil when he believed God to bring the fulfilment of his dream to reality in the midst of all manner of temptations and invitation to sin and the devil could not stop his dream from becoming a reality. Moses also triumphed over the enemy when the enemy brought a fierce attack against him. The host of Pharaoh were trailing him and the Israelites from behind and he was face to face with red sea in front and the people he was leading were on the verge of killing him. At that critical point, he looked up to God in faith and obeyed Him and the devil including the host of pharaoh were utterly put to blatant shame. Finally, Christ was not spared from confronting the devil. The devil sent some missiles towards Christ in the form of hot dialogue/steamy conversation and Christ in turn quenched those fiery darts by speaking God`s word back to him which he believed in faith.

If you call yourself a Christian, the devil will come at you to attack your faith. If your faith level is HIGH in God, he will never triumph over you. Increase your FAITH level daily by constantly and consistently feeding on God`s word for faith comes by hearing and hearing by the WORD of God. Once your faith level/tank is HIGH, the devil will not be able to overpower you. May your FAITH level be FIRED up to a SUFFICIENT and ADEQUATE level sufficient and adequate enough to return every missile sent towards your direction by the devil back to him. Shalom! Coming straight from my heart of hearts…Dayo Oladapo…www.Facebook.com/pages/Dayo-Oladapo-Official-Page/465259763522821