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Matters of the Heart

I put words to my inner feelings about life’s pains, how they are endured, and pushed myself outside of my comfort zone, causing me to produce poems reflecting my inner thoughts.

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Ephesians 6: We Dressed for War and Never Fought

The devil isn’t losing sleep over your devotional habits.

He’s not trembling because you listen to Christian podcasts, wear cross necklaces, or fill pews on Sunday.

But if you ever opened your mouth and spoke the name of Jesus to a soul still trapped in the dark…that would rattle the gates of hell.

And yet, that’s the very thing so many of us never do.

I was 42 the first time I truly heard the gospel.

Not because I hadn’t been to church before. I had. I’d heard about Jesus here and there. But no one had ever sat me down and explained it…the cross, the rescue, the urgency.

No one invited me that day. I wasn’t following a friend or pressured by a preacher. I just showed up on my own to a church because I was searching. Tired. Empty. Unsure of what I believed.

I came looking for answers.

And there, sitting in the back of a quiet sanctuary, I heard it. The truth. The message I should have heard a hundred times before.

Jesus wasn’t just a religious idea. He was the Savior I needed. He died for me. He was calling me.

But sometimes I still wonder, why did it take so long?

Why didn’t anyone ever tell me?

Why was the greatest news in the world kept quiet?

Maybe I wouldn’t have believed earlier. Maybe I would’ve. But someone should have told me.

That thought still gets to me.

Because there are millions out there, just like I was wandering through life with no idea that the gospel is not good advice. It’s rescue.

But they’ll never know if we never speak.

We’ve misunderstood Ephesians 6.

We’ve treated it like a spiritual fashion show.

Before we get to what’s missing, we have to see what’s already there.

Ephesians 6 doesn’t offer a buffet of armor…it presents a complete set. A gift from God Himself. Every piece has a purpose. The belt of truth. The breastplate of righteousness. The gospel of peace for your feet. The shield of faith. The helmet of salvation.

It’s all there to protect you. Not from discomfort. Not from criticism. But from the Evil One.

This armor is heaven-forged and blood-bought. And it’s enough. If you wear it all.

But it’s only complete when the sword is drawn.

We’ve misunderstood Ephesians 6.

We’ve admired the helmet, the breastplate, the shield as if Paul were dressing up a mannequin for Vacation Bible School.

But Paul wasn’t playing dress-up. He was chained to a soldier.

A real one. One with scars and orders and blood on his sandals.

And as Paul wrote about the armor of God, he wasn’t calling Christians to safety.

He was begging them to fight.

The American church has grown expert at defense.

We shield ourselves with doctrinal statements, hermeneutical precision, and moral outrage. We know how to hunker down, circle the wagons, and wait for the rapture.

But Ephesians 6 doesn’t end with a shield. It ends with a sword.

And swords aren’t for blocking.

They’re for driving forward.

They’re for the front lines.

They’re for enemy territory.

And Paul, chained, bruised, under guard, writes that the sword is the Word of God. Not the silent belief in it. Not a quiet respect for it. Not a leather-bound reverence that stays tucked under your arm.

It must be spoken.

It must be declared.

Because the sword doesn’t cut unless it moves.

We are losing ground in America.

Not because we lack armor, but because we lack nerve.

We are over-resourced and under-engaged. We have more tools than Paul ever dreamed of. Print, video, radio, podcasts, pulpits, platforms.

But the harvest rots on the vine.

Because we do not speak.

We invite. We smile. We hope someone else says something. And we count ourselves obedient.

But the soldier who never swings the sword is not in the fight.

There’s a grave near the back of a church’s cemetery. Weatherworn stone. No family name. Just a carving: “Known to God.”

The story goes that he was a Civil War soldier, found half-alive in the woods. He never spoke a word before he died. But he had worn the uniform.

I wonder how many Christians will be buried in uniforms they never used.

How many pews are full of spiritual cadets who trained, read, prayed, and suited up but never entered the battle.

Hell has no fear of silent saints.

It has no fear of shiny armor.

But the spoken Word of God…that shakes kingdoms.

That’s the missing piece.

Ephesians 6 doesn’t end with defensive posture. It ends with Paul asking for prayer, not for comfort, not for escape, but for boldness. For words. For gospel.

“That words may be given to me… that I may declare it boldly.”

He asks the Ephesians to pray that he will speak.

Because he knows the sword is drawn with the tongue.

We’ve taught our churches how to be safe.

We must now teach them how to be dangerous.

Because a church that only wears armor but never wields the sword is a bunker, not a battalion.

The kingdom was never meant to retreat.

The gospel is not a shield we hide behind. It’s a fire we carry into the cold.

And someone’s eternity depends on whether or not we open our mouths.

This is what I know:

The Christian life is not safe.

It is not tidy.

It is not a curated collection of beliefs arranged on a shelf.

It is war.

It is a daily decision to pick up truth, to wear righteousness, to remember the peace we have with God, to hold firm in faith, to set our hope on the coming glory.

But if we stop there, we fail.

Because the gospel must be spoken.

Hell is not shaken by your theological alignment.

Hell is not afraid of your study Bible.

Hell fears the trembling voice of a believer, whispering Christ to a neighbor.

Hell fears the parent who speaks truth to their child.

Hell fears the man at work who opens his mouth and shares his testimony.

Hell fears the woman who refuses to let fear silence her.

Hell fears the Word of God spoken out loud, in real time, to real people.

Because it breaks chains.

And it never returns void.

This is the armor we never wear.

Not the helmet. Not the shield.

But the sword.

And until we take it up, not just in belief, but in speech, we will never advance.

So speak.

Not with slick lines or memorized scripts, but with the truth you know. The gospel you believe. The Christ you follow.

Speak like someone who’s been rescued.

Speak like someone who knows the battlefield is real.

Speak like someone who would rather offend a friend than abandon a soul.

Speak.

Because armor alone won’t win the war.

Only the sword will.

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