We must wear this helmet every day.
I believe it’s absurd for motorcyclists or passengers to ride without helmets. It is hazardous, as the head is unprotected in an accident or crash, which could lead to serious injuries.
The helmet was designed to protect a person’s head, but some are reluctant to wear it.
Why does the head need this kind of protection?
The head contains the brain, a vital and fragile organ, so there are profound implications when there is impact, penetration, electrical shock, or chemical splashes to the head.
Head injuries can impact your memory, concentration, movement, eating, and overall quality of life.
This is why special care is given to the head. At my birth, the doctors were cautious about my head. So even though my mother had been in labor for fourteen days, the doctors were so careful about what to do get the baby out. It was their last resort to apply some shock to my head to get me out and save my mother, and that gave me a 50/50 chance for my brain.
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But alas, there was a miracle, and my brain was saved.
In the same way, there is a spiritual helmet God wants us to wear all the time to protect our heads and brains. The helmet of salvation is to keep our heads up.
We hear many strange things that seek to confuse us and shake our faith in God. With our helmet of salvation, we put our faith in Jesus Christ, believe He is the Son of God, and that through Him we have peace and eternal life.
For we are in an intense spiritual war, and a battle rages in our minds. We can only win this battle of the mind with spiritual weapons:
The weapons we use in our fight are not the world’s but God’s powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments; we pull down every proud obstacle raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4–5)
We must wear our helmet of salvation to destroy false arguments and to pull down every arrogance or pride that prevents us from knowing God. With our spiritual weapons, we take our thoughts and mind captive and make them obey Christ.
Let us wear this helmet of salvation every day by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you. (Ephesians 6:17)
