Living Intimately Strong …

Ephesians 6:10-11 ~ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.?

Abba Father good morning ~ Paul reminds with extreme urgency importance of living ready, prepared, equipped at all times. Being readily alert of our immediate surroundings within moments of life. Being prepared for situations in and out of our control. Being intimately equipped to endure satan’s ungodliness; temptations, deceitfulness, and strategic deviousness designed, planned, implemented uniquely for our life. Don’t be fooled by ungodliness. It’s extremely ugly. Satan prowls like a roaring lion looking to devour real hearts, real minds, real souls. The ways of this world living influenced by satan’s untruthfulness will encounter our life in various ways. Precise strategic moments when our guard is down. Living ready, prepared, equipped is critical before an unexpected encounter of conflict confronts our life. Everyone can remember moments of conflict, division, warfare. Were we tired, exhausted, hungry, lonely? There’s no doubt everyday hardships, struggles, trials, temptations, uncertainties of this life will engage our life. Are you living ready for the unexpected? Prepared for the unknown? Equipped for this moment that will challenge our life? It will come expected or unexpected. The living bible teaches about living ready, prepared, equipped. Anointedly protected to overpower satan’s ungodliness. The turtle is a great example of living prepared to fight and defend as uncertainties of this world come at the most unexpected times. The Lord Our God intimately equipped the turtle with protective armor representing the Armor of God. Shield of faith with ability to think and respond. Hard shell to stand firm under attacks. Feet ready to defend with shape claws. Top of its shell as the helmet of salvation. Bottom of its shell as the breastplate of righteousness. Seam around the shell as the belt of truth. Its tail as the sword of the Spirit. Its eyes with its long neck to see around obstacles, temptations, uncertainties among this world. Even intimately fitted with everything to defend itself. Coming under a relentless attack. Letting its guard down for a moment, could be disastrous. Difference between unsettling chaos or anointed peacefulness. We are like the turtle living among this world of satan’s constant delusional deception of untruthfulness. Ungodliness embedded within hardships, struggles, trials, temptations, uncertainties. Are you living ready, prepared, equipped for the moment of conflict that will challenge our faith, our belief, our way of life? That moment will make the difference between enduring, persevering, standing strong, or falling prey. Those moments arriving when least expected. Remember, our life can live ready, prepared, equipped. We can be strong within The Lord Our God and mighty within his anointed protective armor. We can willingly wear the helmet of salvation. Boldly breathe the sword of the Spirit; filling our life with anointed truthfulness equipping our life to live ready, prepared, equipped. Reading the living bible, praying continuously, fellowshipping openly, attending church regularly opens our heart, our mind, our soul to be intimately ready, diligently prepared, protectively equipped. Keeping our heart, our mind, our soul breathing God’s truthfulness within life’s brokenness is living a life of faith. Enduring battles of life with the full armor of protection breathing living hope, comforting agape love, releasing sacrificial forgiveness, protective everlasting life in heaven. Free-gifts of God’s powerful undeserved grace breathing everlasting life (Holy Spirit) into life’s brokenness (our sinfulness) within anointed sustainable life (Christ Jesus) within everlasting life in heaven (Abba Father). The things we do. Places we go. How we live. Makes all the difference. Our Living God is actively breathing agape love into all of life. Every life can live anointed, sustained, protected. Remember, we do have a choice, we do have a decision, we do have a way of life to choose. We can follow the ways of this world falling prey to satan’s ungodliness. Or willingly live believing; boldly accepting, courageously trusting, fearlessly following within God the Father ~ God the Son ~ God the Holy Spirit. Breathing anointed strength to live strong; breathing living hope to endure, agape love to persevere, sacrificial forgiveness to release, everlasting life in heaven to live abundantly. Living intimately ready, prepared, equipped like the turtle takes dedication, commitment, intimacy within The Lord Our God. This is do-able within every moment of life. This is living life at its very best among life’s brokenness anointed, sustained, protected within God’s powerful life-changing undeserved grace.?

Father ~ Thank you for the living bible instructing, directing, preparing my life for uncertainties of everyday life. Opening my heart, my mind, my soul to live willingly breathing anointed protection providing my everyday life with wisdom, discernment, truthfulness. Intimately helping me to live life breathing within all protective promises. Life-changing promises actively breathing encouragement to live standing firm. Perseverance to live strong. Boldness to believe. Courageousness to trust. Fearlessness to willingly follow within you Abba Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit.

Michael J Zenner