Heralds Digest

“But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.” (1 Thessalonians 5:8 NKJV) As we engage in a constant cruise past life events, it is almost impossible to hold on to a commendable impression from relationships with people (including the influence of God) behind these events. While faith is required in order to keep trusting in God’s promises, love covers multitude of inadequacies in human relationships. Without the breastplate of faith and love, Apostle Paul knows there is little or no hope of salvation for the brethren in Thessalonica. Likewise, our souls sleep-off and no longer await the coming of the Lord when we speed on without a consistent sober break. A sober drive in faith and love guarantees the salvation of the soul.

"But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation." (1 Thessalonians 5:8 NKJV) Without recourse to divine intervention, natural defense mechanism against invasion and hostility involves the deployment of all attacking arsenals in the direction of the enemy's encroachment. Whatever material/physical and emotional losses are suffered in every attack, it is instructive to know that the enemy is not after anything other than believer's joy and peace in the Lord. But whenever the heart can believe that its joy and peace are not reserved in whatever is susceptible to earthly invasion, the most reliable defense is deployed. Faith, love, and hope represent the state of the heart that rest always in the Lord for defense against invasion.