Fiery darts

above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. - Ephesians 6v16


Each piece of the armour is worthy of consideration. Each piece is vital. The armour is not effective unless every piece is there. Rather than look at every piece here, since this is only my reflections and not a expository commentary.

In verse 16 Paul says, “above all.” The piece of armour that covers the rest is this shield of faith. When it comes right down to it we always fall back on our faith as our protection. Do we or do we not trust God in every situation?

Satan is not about the let up. He is going to keep firing his darts. This verse does not promise us that the darts ore going to stop. It tells us what to do when the darts just keep coming.

There are times when we get lackadaisical and may lay our shields aside. Whenever we do that the arrows are sure to come. When they come they are sure to hit home. We really can’t afford to lower our shield of faith.