There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

in the battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire. The idea of “confused noise” would refer to the heat of battle, when the shouting, crying, screaming, and sound of horses’ hooves and clashing metal fill the air like the rumbling noise of a rocket blasting from its base at a NASA launch site. A warrior must never concentrate on the battle sounds but upon the battle strategy , not upon the shouts of his enemy but on the spoken instructions of the Lord of Hosts. When you are engaged in a serious emotional, spiritual, or physical conflict, there will be numerous voices, all giving their own personal advice or warnings, relating their own personal stories, and basically telling you their secret to winning your battle. Just as Saul’s armor would not fit David and David refused to wear what he had not “tested” (1 Sam. 17:38–39), my strategy for victory in my own conflict may not be applicable as your strategy to overcome in the same type of conflict. I believe there is an important practical spiritual application concealed in Isaiah 9:5. What should a believer do when his mind and heart have been battered by countless conflicts, and his armor has been cut with so many holes from the enemies’ arrows, spears, and fiery darts that his shield could pass for a target at the shooting range? In Isaiah 9:5 the battered and bloodied armor is used for fuel in the fire . Battles are often viewed as a struggle between two forces where one loses and one wins. When it’s over, the victor celebrates and enjoys the spoils of war. However, our battles and the beatings we endure should become the fuel that ignites a burning