Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,… Ephesians 6: 14 [NIV]
The breastplate is the piece of armour that protects our heart, lungs, and many other vital organs essential for life. Righteousness means keeping “right with God” and “right with other people”.
Are you feeling righteous today? If I am honest, I am much better at sounding and looking righteous than being righteous. The problem is sin gets in the way – every day. The solution is to daily make things right again – to “keep a short account with God”. Now here again, I am not good at prompt repentance.
Perhaps you might think of sin like the kind of nasty gunk that from time to time blocks up the drain of the kitchen sink. Some people regularly flush the sink with cleaning fluids and hot water, and don’t allow nasty sticky stuff to enter it – as a result, they might find that the drain doesn’t often (or ever) get to a fully-blocked crisis point. However, if one leaves the stuff to accumulate, there might be a need for an application of some intensive sink-unblocking material, and you might find that the job is a lot more messy and difficult! The same goes for sin and repentance – keeping the drain clear might be less painful and messy than accumulating sin until the crisis point is reached.
Lord, help me to come to you in repentance daily. Thank you that Jesus paid the price for my sin and that no matter what I have done, there is always a way back to you. Amen.
Dave MacLellan
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