8-Day Armor Of God Boot CampSample

Righteousness is the standard that pleases God. You and I are righteous when our actions seek to conform to the truth. Coming from a place of truth, we’re told to have on our heart righteousness, i.e., a set of actions that are implementing what God has revealed to be true. When we act right based on the truth, we protect our heart from being captured by the enemy. A blow to the heart is death because the heart pumps blood throughout our body. 

 Well, what the physical heart is to the bloodstream that brings oxygen and life to the body, our spiritual heart is the pump that brings the life of God throughout the soul because we are living in right relationship with Him, i.e., we are seeking to please Him with our decision making. 

As truth bearers, we then seek to please God in our actions based on that truth. Think of your spiritual heart as the guidance of God, the will of God, the presence of God, and the power of God pumping inside the believer’s soul. The body only does what the soul dictates to it. You need a good pump, delivering the right nutrients through the spiritual blood stream.

 The breastplate of righteousness is critical because demons are drawn to unrighteousness. So, when unrighteousness prevails in our lives, we not only have the problem with the issue, we have the problem with the demonic influence we’ve invited. Therefore, guard your heart, act on the truth, and clean up the environment by the Spirit, so that God’s victory can be yours.