Armor of Light

"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light." Romans 13:12

This verse grabs my attention. Paul wrote this verse to encourage Christians to start serving the Lord. Becoming a Christian is the easy part of the process. All you have to do is accept Christ and His forgiveness and salvation. Afterwards we must begin serving so that others can have that same relationship with Jesus.

The serving part is what usually stumps Christians. Some Christians don't want to serve because they are unsure about what they should do, so they do nothing. Some don't want others to view them as a religious fanatic, so they lay low. Some just want to hang on for a free ride, so they stand in the shadows.

Paul is shouting a wake up call here that says, "Shake loose the suffocating grip the world has on you and put on your spiritual armor so we can get to work!"

Serving is what keeps the Christian body alive and reaching others. If we have on the spiritual armor God gives us and devote our time and energy to serving the Lord, there's nothing we can't do.