"...with the breastplate of righteousness in place..." ~Ephesians 6:14
We come to the heart of our protection, the breastplate. This plate is meant to protect our heart, in the most spiritual sense. What is the cause of most heart break and disappointment in the Christian life? Forgetting our identity in Christian. We can easily forget that our righteousness and identity is not in what others think about us, or what our current situation looks like, but in who Christ was, is and will always be through the Cross.
Your relationships, or lack thereof, do not define you. You're broken family does not define your identity if you are a Child of God.
The Gospel defines you. The moment you were regenerated, repented of your sins and put your Trust in Christ, you became an adopted, chosen, loved, Child of the Creator God of the universe, our Father through Christ on the Cross.
So, let's put righteousness in it's place, the center of our thoughts, hearts and minds, so we may wages war against discouragement and the devils schemes.
"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. " ~2 Cor. 5:21
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