Belt of truth

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; - Ephesians 6.14-18

Though we may be convinced that as we obey ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ that the weapons we use are the same weapons the world uses. We feel like our battle is against flesh and blood and that all the people of the world are our enemies and that to win we must take them down by hook or by crook. We use the world’s tool of mockery and vitriol and hatred to knock our ‘enemies’ off their pedestals.

But God has a whole different set of armour and weapons for us and He tells us to put it on daily. At the base of all of the armour is what God calls the ‘belt of truth.’ Everything else is supported by this basic piece of armour. Our sword is hung there.  The breastplate is attached to it. It is the foundation.

The foundation of all of our armour is truth. Truth must guide all we say and do. If we cannot be truthful we can never hope to serve our God. All truth is based on the word of God for it is the source of truth.

It is too easy to build our lives on lies. We can all act one way and believe another. It is easy to put on our show for others to see – or even to deceive ourselves. We can go through our lives never be honest with ourselves about our relationship to and our walk with God. When we do that nobody wins, especially us.