Today's verses are finishing off Paul’s letter to the church he started in the town of Ephesus. Just above verse 10 in my Bible, it’s titled “The Whole Armor of God” because verses 13-17 describe each piece and how it works.
Paul tells us to be strong in the LORD & His mighty power. One way to do that is putting on His armor and realizing that our enemy is not flesh and blood. (You just think it's that family member or that co-worker.) The devil has strategies and he tries everything he can to either get your soul or make you miserable as a Christian. As a Christian, he has no way to get your soul.
Our enemy wants us to NOT read and write the Bible, pray, fellowship or worship with other believers. He wants us alone, isolated, and inactive for God’s Kingdom. By realizing who we are fighting, being stronger with other Christians, and by putting on God’s armor daily, we can be strong against anything he attempts to do to us.
