The Helmet of Salvation

(Ephesians 6:17) “And take the helmet of salvation.”

So then faith is imperative for every believer as it helps to quench the fiery darts of temptation. Temptation will come as it must arrive for every believer. It endeavours to get us to sin and walk in unbelief or disobedience. With the shield of faith strapped to our arm in a ready position we need now to take our helmet, the helmet of salvation. The helmet that saves! The helmet secures the head and protects that which instructs the body to act, the mind. Think of it as a transistor full of probes sending electronic messages to the brain arming the body to act as a good soldier. Salvation must be the objective contemplation that infiltrates our minds. It is the “helmet of salvation.” This helmet will fill our minds with great considerations of hope and of our life to come in the New Jerusalem. It will be worth it all, whatever we must face, that is what our helmet will repeat over and over renewing our minds. Let us consider what it was that help the Lord endure the cross, are we not told? “Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross.” The joy of the nails been driven into His hands, O the pain He must of felt as he grasped for air as the only leverage he had was the nail through His feet which supported him to the tree and so he would of had to have pushed up on that supporting nail to get a lungful of air. Not once but over and over. I don’t see that as a joyful incident. Nevertheless we are told that He endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him. So then joy is fuelled by the reality of the hope and the rewards promised by God. He must have seen the hope of His resurrected body, His right to be called a high priest, His name which has a higher honour attached to it than any other name and that His seat at the right hand of the Father awaited Him. I also believe with all my heart He saw the potential of a multitude of sons being ushered into heaven for His Father as He knew that He would as the last Adam become a live-giving spirit. He saw joy in the hope of what was to come so that his pain on the cross had little bearing on the overall outcome. How we need to be armed with the same mindset. This hope will purify our minds and keep our souls from being tarnished by Satan. We may even be tempted to despair but hope keeps us trusting in God and rejoicing in Him. We must also look to others that have been noticed and mentioned by God and draw strength from their example; “They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated-- of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.” Think about all these great men and woman of God who by faith and with the helmet of salvation fixed resolutely to their craniums has yet not received that which was promised. They are in heaven but their bodies have not yet been clothed with incorruption, they wait for us and all those who by God’s grace will be escorted into His great Kingdom. “God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.” So if they wait patiently for us, surely we should run this race with joy for the hope that is set before us. Let us take our eye off all the distractions by fix our helmets strongly, bolt them in place if necessary, but at all costs may we look to the hope of our salvation and on a daily basis, never more than one day at a time. We will remain focused when we follow our instruction manual (the Bible) to the letter, so one day at a time no more no less.

Let me leave us with a though of what will be ours; (Rev 21:4-8) “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." and he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

“And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

When God purposes something it comes to pass, He cannot lie it is impossible for Him to lie. There is a day coming where there will be no more crying, no more pain, there will be new beginnings and don’t let me get started there as we will be here for a long time, but it will be magnificent and mind-blowing that I am sure of.

So let us remember to always position our helmets of salvation in such a way that they offer optimum protection to our understanding. They must always remind us of the good hope of salvation.

Be strong in the Lord’s victory, look to His example when drawing strength for today and do not concern yourself with tomorrow as tomorrow will take care of itself.

Signing off

Tyrone