Ephesians 6:16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

While Ephesians 6 implements many good instructions this one section is about the whole armor of God. The conclusion for that section ends with this statement.

Ephesians 6:19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

Think about how we got here from where we began yesterday. We began with forbidden acts from Torah and ended up here with preaching the gospel. This journey from point A to point G has occurred because my interests were peaked about the meaning of certain words.

Can every curious investigation lead us to the preaching of the gospel? Probably not but this is not the first time that this has happened to me. There is something comforting about allowing God’s Word to lead us to a conclusion that by repetition compels us to see His will. Some might call such a repetitive conclusion a calling. Maybe it is, but just because I ended up here does not mean this is everyone’s calling.

Your studies, when performed in faith, in seeking God, will lead you where God wants you.

This is how I got here. This is the path of my journey with my Lord. If you should apply your quiet time in a similar manner, it is possible that you might just hear God calling you.

We are similar but not the same. We are individually different parts of the body of Christ with the same head.

1 Corinthians 12:15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

A friend of mine once said “I am the big toe that keeps getting stubbed.”

My reply was “I feel your pain.”