Daily Devotional “Repelling Discouragement and Doubt”
Be different!
September 25, 2023
“Take the helmet of salvation” (Ephesians. 6:17).
Discouragement and doubt are deflected when you know you’re secure in Christ.
The Roman soldier’s helmet was a crucial piece of armor designed to deflect blows to the head—especially the potentially lethal blow of a broadsword.
Soldiers of that day carried a swift and precise dagger designed for close- quarter hand-to-hand combat.
But they also carried a giant broadsword, which was a two-edged, three to four-foot long sword.
It had a massive handle that, similar to a baseball bat, was held with both hands.
With it they could take broad swipes from side to side or deliver a crushing blow to an opponent’s skull.
To protect us from Satan’s crushing blows, Paul tells us to “take the helmet of salvation.”
Now considering all he’s been telling us so far, he was not saying, “Oh, by the way, go get saved.”
Paul was addressing believers. Unbelievers don’t have to put on spiritual armor.
They aren’t even in the battle. Satan doesn’t attack his own forces.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Paul describes the helmet of salvation as “the hope of salvation.”
That implies Satan’s most fierce and powerful blows are directed at the believer’s assurance and security.
Therefore Paul was encouraging believers to have confidence in the salvation they already possess.
He knew that doubting their security in Christ would render them ineffective in spiritual warfare—just as a blow to the head renders one’s physical body incapable of defending itself.
As a believer, you should have the assurance that you are secure in Christ.
If you don’t, you haven’t put your helmet on, and that makes you vulnerable to discouragement and doubt.
Romans 8:29-30 assures us that all whom God justifies, He sanctifies and glorifies. No one is lost in the process.
Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:27-28).
That’s a wonderful promise. So don’t let your enemy rob you of the joy and assurance of knowing you belong to Christ, for the Lord will never let you go (Hebrews. 13:5).
Prayer
Praise God for your eternal security in Christ!
Further Reading
Read John 6:37-40.
•Who receives eternal life?
•How does Christ respond to those who come to Him?
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