Today I was just thinking about how important it is for us to clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ in order to prepare for the days demands. And while I was in thought, I was reminded about an awful dream that I had when I was a school-aged girl.
In my dream, I was standing in front of my house waiting for the school bus. I saw the bus round the corner and head straight down my street to pick me up. As the bus pulled up and came to a stop, the driver opened the door for me to get on. And that’s when I realized that I totally forgot to put my clothes on! I was standing there stark naked with all the kids on the bus staring at me. Talk about humiliating! My goodness, it was horrible! I remember thinking “how in the world could you have forgotten to put your clothes on?”
Have you ever seen that commercial with the slogan “wanna get away?” Well that was definitely my “wanna get away” moment. Let me tell you, I was so thankful for the dawning of a new day and the opportunity to put my clothes on before I stood in front of that bus again!
Many times, just like my dream, I have gone about my day without being purposeful and intentional about clothing myself with the Truth of God’s Word. And it wasn’t long before the enemy of my soul seized the opportunity to attack when I my guard was down.
The Word of God (Ephesians 6) says that we are to “put on the full armor of God…so you will be able to resist the enemy…so that you will be fully prepared.” That means we are to clothe ourselves with the Truth of God’s Word. His Word is the sword we use to quench all the fiery darts of the enemy of our soul. It doesn’t do us any good to just carry our sword around. We must take it out of its sheath and use it! Our Commander-In-Chief has provided all the resources, protection and ammunition that we need. It is our responsibility to suit-up and fight.
So today (and every day), when we head out to catch the bus called life, for heaven’s sake and ours, let’s make sure that we put our spiritual clothes on! We don’t want to be caught stark naked and exposed!