Tag: armor-of-god

Sometimes it doesn’t take much for an argument to begin among spouses. It can be as simple as a look or a simple phrase that can turn things into a 3-day battle. But what if I told you that fighting with your spouse was a waste of energy? Your spouse is not the problem, Satan is. What if I told you that Satan was sitting in the background planting seeds of sin in your and your husband’s mind? He does not come right out and start problems, he likes to make it look like everyone else is the problem. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:11-17) Don’t put your time and energy into fighting with your spouse, he’s not the enemy. Put your strength into fighting the devil. I know that seems hard since we can detect the devil with any of our five senses, but the Bible gives us practical ways to help defend ourselves and our marriage against his attacks. Paul tells us about five pieces of armor that we need to defend ourselves from Satan. The only way to obtain this armor is to be in the word often and be seeking the Lord and His wisdom constantly. Your shield of faith along with the sword of the spirit will help you stand firm against your true enemy, Satan.

Another way that Satan is working against us and our marriage is he temps us with desire. These desires can be physical like having lust of the flesh, or they can be more centered around our ego and pride. To be very honest, Satan doesn’t usually have to dangle that big of a carrot in front of us for us to be tempted. All he has to do is whisper that one little thing that we have been longing to hear. You are so awesome, you will be rich if you do this, you will be beautiful forever if you just….and the list goes on. Though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corn 10:3-5) Thankfully we can fight back with the word of God and take our thoughts captive. We don’t have to believe the lies that Satan tells us because we know the truth, God’s truth. As believers in Christ, we have been given divine power to stand against the forces of evil. So stand up to Satan, and stand up for your marriage. Your marriage is worth fighting for and if you don’t think so, Satan certainly does. He wants nothing more than to destroy your marriage but you don’t have to allow that to happen. Fight for your marriage as if your life depended on it.