Tag: Ephesians 6:14

Ephesians 6:14

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

The full amour of God can be read in Ephesians 6:10-17

For this post I will be looking at the breastplate of righteous, or more simply, just doing what is right. Which can sometimes, come at a cost.

There can be times when we know what it is, that we should do, but do we?
Do we do the ….. that we know we should be doing, or do we look for a way out?
Do we go actively looking for a get out clause?

Now in order to keep this a balanced post, I feel that I need to point out, that if Our Lord God directs us to or instructs us to take any such escape route, then we should take it.
Hearing His voice should be our best leading, for the path that we should take.

What I’m talking about here, is when we know that we should do …… but we just don’t want to, because of ……. .

In theses instances, then will we pay the cost of doing the right thing?

This is where it can become a bit more difficult to put on the breastplate of righteousness.

If you haven’t guessed it already, I’m facing such a dilemma at the moment.

I have an item that is a bit broken.
There is a cost to repair this said item.
It’s a price that I would rather not pay.
I could possibly, just try to sell the item, with a nod and a wink, it’s all good …. ??? Really, … ???
This is not really an option, but the prospect still keeps knocking at the door.

To add extra insult to injury, the people I need to pay to repair the item, do not appear to be the best at what they are doing, even though they should be the experts.

Lord, please help me to know what I should do now???

Then some thoughts come to me.

Can you make the payment, to make the item good, but consider it an offering to Me, your Lord God Almighty?
Can you make the payment and consider it as a freewill offering to Me that is a fragrant offering to Me, that is acceptable by Me?

….. Oh, ….. How I like these kinds of thoughts. … 🙂
(I do actually like these thoughts, and all the more so, when they are from my Heavenly Father.)

This is a case of, “OK Lord. I can do that.”

All of a sudden, I’m not fighting this anymore, and I now have a measure of peace in the mix. Nothing has changed, but my mindset has shifted.
It’s my Lord God’s money in my account anyway. If He wants me to pay some to a certain place, then who am I to argue with Him?

If we are facing something, that our Lord God wants us to do, but we just don’t want, because of the cost to us (the cost could be money or time, effort or anything else) then could we try to see it, as an offering that Our Heavenly Father will find acceptable?
A fragrant offering, that Our Heavenly Father, will be pleased with?

Could we try to see the difficult things to do in this way, so that we can then put on the breastplate of righteousness, that then pleases Our Heavenly Father?