Poetry
Naked Soldier
This is a topic we should seek to understand…
To put on the full armor, this is God’s command.
Yet we read the verses and think, that’s a cute story.
Implementation just isn’t a priority.
Meanwhile, our spirit-man walks around bare.
Because we can’t see with our physical eyes, we don’t attempt to care.
We can’t endure. We’re beat up in the spirit…
When it comes to spiritual warfare, we just don’t want to hear it.
Overcome by doubt while our shield lies on the ground.
Hypocrites at best because our belt of truth cannot be found.
Righteousness abandoned, we forgot to put on the breastplate while getting dressed.
Unable to defend against the arrows, so they pierce through the chest.
We’re leading the army of captives straight into Hell…
Marching barefoot, because the truth of the Gospel, we’re unwilling to tell.
Commanded to watch our friends back while we cover them in prayer…
Yet we might as well be stabbing them ourselves, as we gossip they are unaware.
One day we’re a Christian, the next we’re not...
Since we’re not wearing the helmet, the enemy’s lies we actually bought.
We’d be able to fight if we used the Word of God as our sword.
However it remains sheathed—claiming the truth of the Word is a task we ignored.
As we walk in a daze, our spirit man lays dying.
We need to wake up, and on these commands start relying.
This warfare is relevant…now’s no time to neglect.
Without our armor the devil will deceive even the elect!
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