The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, O LORD, And comfort myself. – Psalm 119:51-52 (NASB)
They attack your Word dear God, declaring it false. They attack me for following your truth, showering me with false accusations to discredit you dear Lord. At times the fiery darts are many, flying at me in a fierce array that seeks to destroy me. As I crouch in fear, you encourage me to raise the shield of faith in front of me. You remind me of your power over evil, that your Word has power. Under your wing; behind your fortress; beneath your shield; in my faith in you dear God and your Word, I find refuge. You extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. They fizzle out when they strike the shield of faith. They are smothered by your truth and rendered useless. I praise you dear God for the power of your Word.
© 2022, Chris G Thelen
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you. – Luke 17:5-6 (NASB)
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” – John 20:29
In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. – Ephesians 6:16
I’m just glad there are a whole lot of miracles not dependent upon my lacking volume of faith. I had a dream once that somebody rushed to God asking “Why Lord is this not being done?” He answered “we are waiting on Gary to get his faith up to speed”…so glad it was just a dream. Or was it??
Oh wow… that’s quite the dream. Thanks for sharing that. That makes me think of Moses at the burning bush saying he’s slow in speech and not very eloquent. God sent Aaron to speak for him. I think God does that for us — places people in our life to nurture our faith and prepare us for prime time. Blessings to you.