Daniel R Tichota

Gearing Daniel R Tichota

HAVE YOU EVER... Have you ever tried to put a 500 piece puzzle together only to find out you don't have all the pieces? You know that feeling of frustration I'm talking about, right? You have all the corners, all the pieces that fit around the border, and all but three pieces to complete the innards. Now if you're like me, you build the puzzle and then glue it, frame it, and hang it on the wall. But how wrong is it to frame a puzzle that is three pieces short of being complete? It will become that object on the wall that causes people to look and say, "What happened here?" And sadly enough, the best answer we will have is, "It's missing a few pieces. It's not complete." Within the body of Christ we find the same scenario. No, not in the aspects of putting a puzzle together, but more so in the aspects of not being complete in the tools God gives us to fight the enemy with. You see, God has provided for us His armor, the Armor of God. The problem is, we are missing a few pieces. They have all been provided, but we are missing them. We are not wearing them. And even more so, the pieces we are wearing, we barely know how to use. God says in his Word to put on the whole armor of God so that when the enemy comes we are able to stand (Eph 6:11). The truth in this is that the enemy is real, he hates those who love God, and he will come to attack those who do. The question should not be whether you are one of those who love God, but rather should be if you are wearing the full armor God has provided you. He does not want us to be like that puzzle that is incomplete. All the pieces were in the box when the puzzle was bought, just like all the pieces of the armor have been given to you. It is up to you to locate the missing pieces, and it is up to you to be aware of the pieces of His armor, and use them well.