Armor of God Series – Cinch It

There’s an old comedy skit making fun of salespeople at a popular young adult clothing store. When something was too big or baggy, they’d say, “just cinch it” – meaning put on a belt, pull it tight and it won’t look so big on you.

Similarly, we need to pull the belt of truth tightly around us in order for it to be effective. [Ephesians 6:14]

In His prayer for His disciples before His arrest and crucifixion, Jesus make it clear that truth sets His followers apart, and that the authority for truth is God’s word.

John 17:17, 19 [NKJV] 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth... 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

We must love and cling to that truth, found only in the word of God, or we will fall for the lies of Satan. 2 Timothy 2:10 [NKJV] warns us about that, “and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved”.

It seems to me that quite often, the fables and deceptions we most easily fall prey to are the ones about who we are to God and Jesus. Feelings of failure or unworthiness or that we are not enough or that God cannot forgive, are all satanic lies. If we don’t cinch the truth tightly around us, we may find fall prey to those falsehoods.

Truth helps us hold it all together when life is falling apart or we will fall apart, because truth tells us that God is in control, that He is working all things to our good, and that His love for us is greater than any human circumstance.

Timothy 2:10 “and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved”.

Truth helps us stand straight, tall and strong when pressures and stresses threaten to wilt us, because truth tells us that we are beloved children of God, washed in the blood of Jesus, and that eternity with God is our destiny.

Truth helps bind God’s righteousness (the breastplate) to us, helping it to do its protective work when Satan tries to hit us with reminders of our own unrighteousness.

When all hope is lost, truth reminds us that the victory is already ours, because we are “more than conquerors through Him that loved us”. [Romans 8:37]

The belt of truth is more than a “nice to have” accessory to the armor of God. It is an essential part of holding it (and us) together when the battle is raging.

Sweet sisters, cinch the belt of truth tightly about you, and fight on.

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