Christian Devotional - Life sagging?

What’s holding up your life?

This week we’re looking at the Belt of Truth, part of the Armor of God that we each need to put on every single day. Without the armor, we’re running around naked, just begging Satan to attack us. If you missed it, you can find the article with the overview of the Armor of God by clicking on the Sunday tab above.

I find it interesting that, of all pieces of armor that God lists here, He starts with the belt of truth. See Ephesians 6:13-14a:

“Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth…”

Gird your loins. That’s such a fun, never used phrase. Basically it refers to, “cinch up your britches,” as my grandma used to say, or “pull up your pants and tighten them,” as I say to my kids. So what are we supposed to tighten around us to keep everything up? According to the Bible…truth.

Truth is what is to envelop our daily lives. Truth keeps us locked in and focused on God. Truth helps us to detect Satan’s lies before we fall head-long into them. Truth enables us to walk without tripping over our own short-comings and failings. In essence it solves the “baggy pants syndrome” of our life where we can’t move because we’re too busy being tripped up by all Satan’s lies.

What is truth? That’s actually not the right question. The correct question is: Who is truth? The Bible says in John 14:6 that Jesus identifies Himself as the Truth. He is the standard we are to wrap around our lives every moment of every day. We are to look at situations through His lens of Truth. We are to act and move based on what He says because He is Truth.

As you look at your life today, no matter where you are or what you’re facing, God’s Truth, or Jesus Christ, is the foundation for how we should approach it. Just because the adage “What Would Jesus Do?” has become increasingly cliché over the past years, doesn’t mean that it’s not still the correct way to assess a situation. We should still be asking ourselves that question in every situation because it’s the very answer for how we gird our loins with truth.

So what lies are we hearing and believing today? Wrap them up in the Truth! Use the Truth of God to lift up any misconceptions or lies that Satan may be trying to tell us so that we don’t trip over them as we prepare to stand firm. Take a few minutes and think about what lies you are being fed right now by Satan. Jesus has overcome them, and so can you as you use the Truth of God to hold up your life.

Kristi Burchfiel, Christian devotional author and speaker
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