Stick It To Him

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
STICK IT TO HIM
Eph 6:17-18
17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
NIV
After I have placed all of God’s armor on myself which of course protects the front of me, because I am taking my stand, holding my ground, not retreating giving the devil my backside to stick those flaming arrows into, I finally get the sword. While actually I got all of them at the same time, but I can only deal with one at a time, what am I thinking? So anyway I now have the sword which is the word of God. I immediately think of Jesus using the word to defeat Satan in the desert during his forty days. Of course, Jesus was the Word made flesh, he knew every word which God the Father had every spoken to every man in all of history. Yet at the present time of his temptation by Satan, he was a man too and thus capable of yielded to those temptations. Now I am sure Jesus had all the armor on being protected, but here he used that sword to beat on Satan and chase him away. How can I do this unless I have the word hidden in my heart? I know God tells me the Spirit will teach me what to say when I have to defend myself against attacks from rulers and authorities and this is the case, as my battle is not against the rulers of this earth but rulers and authorities in heavenly realms. So I do have the sword of the Spirit, he who will teach me what to say when Satan comes tempting. Yet I believe he will teach me what to say from the Word which is hidden in my heart. If I have read all the word from front to back then it is in my memory somewhere and the Spirit can teach me which words to use when according to the type of attack. Jesus used different words for each attack and thus I think I am in need of that same type of defense and offense against such a foe. If I am to win the battle I must stick it to him!