So often for me, belts are an afterthought. In Ephesians, Paul starts his imagery of spiritual armour with the belt of truth.

Truth is the thing that holds everything else together, a good place to start. Without truth, your pants fall down, your defences fall off and you’re left exposed and vulnerable.

Wisely discerning what truth to clothe ourselves in is not easy. Layers of truth wrap themselves around us, promising to hold us up, support us, hold it altogether for us. Misplaced trust in half-truths are at best, embarrassing, at worst, destroying.

So what is the deepest truth there is? What is the strongest?

For me: God is real. He loves me. He chose to save me from my sin.

These truths hold everything together for me. Buckles of un-truth eventually slip and betray me. But these? These never fail me.

God is real. He loves me. He chose to save me from my sin.

So, I measure everything up to the yardstick of these truths… Does it align? Does it hold me up? Or cut me down?

It matters what you hold as truth, because that same truth is holding you.

These are my thoughts from Ephesians 6… A series inspired by a moment where I asked God to protect my heart, my family and my loved ones. In that moment, I strongly felt Him challenge me: “I’ve given you all the armour you need, but it’s useless in a pile on the ground. Pick it up. Put it on.”