In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (Ephesians 6:16)
Up until now, we were told to “put on” the armour of God. To wear it, to strap it on. Now we are told something different.
To take it up.
Faith is like a Shield. It is not passive. A soldier could go into battle carrying his shield on his back or his arm, but it could do him no good there.
He had to hold onto it. He had to take it up.
In the same way, we need to hold onto our faith. We need to constantly take it up. If we don’t hold on to it tightly enough, we could lose it. If we lay it down to rest for a while… no-one is helped.
Faith is not easy. We can’t just say “I have faith.” We have to daily have faith. We need to hold onto it.
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