"No
man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto
all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering
in, save only our own unbelief" (John Calvin).
I grew up in the church my
whole life. When I was in second grade my Sunday school teacher asked us if
anyone wanted to pray "the prayer" to accept Christ. I thought I
understood what that meant so I prayed the prayer, but I wasn't sure. When I
was going into 4th grade I was at Camp YoliJwa and I prayed to redirect my life
to Christ again.
When I grew up in went to camp YoliJwa again the year
before 11th grade. My counselor told me that she used to do drugs. She had
other issues too. She got so low that she took pills to kill herself. But, the
overdose didn't work. She sat in her room and saw a Bible. She was really mad
at God so she threw the Bible. The Bible hit the wall and fell to the ground.
My counselor went over and picked it up. A specific verse jumped off the page
at her Romans 8:38-39 " For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." She
had thought she would never be worthy of anyone, let alone God. She prayed the
same prayer I did.
The helmet was another vital
piece of a soldiers armor because it protected the head. Many enemies would go
for the head because it was a quick way to defeat the enemy, thus why the
helmet was needed.
In the life of a Christian the
helmet of salvation is our knowledge of salvation. We know we are saved but our
job isn't done. We are called to go save others by sharing our testimonies.
Both my counselor and I prayed the prayer of salvation but our testimonies are
not the same. Some people may relate to my testimony more than hers and vise
versa. But we both share our testimonies to reach others nonetheless.
Christians have our story as a
tool to help us spread the Gospel. Our testimony is also a defense like the
helmet. There are times when we all get really low. But if we know what we
believe and why we believe it we can say "Jesus is my lord and he has saved
me." That is the knowledge we can rest in and share with others.
So, will you put on the helmet
of salvation if you have not already? Do you find rest in the fact that Jesus
has saved you? Will you spread that good news with others?
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