There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

If your personal life consists of fleshly sins, bad attitudes, and personal challenges, then your heart is the last thing to trust. If you live in the new covenant of redemption, and you are following God’s instruction and obeying His Word, then He will direct you through a renewed spirit, mind, and heart. Never blame Satan for your own personal choices. Never blame the devil when your will submitted to your own flesh. While the devil is called the tempter (Matt. 4:1-3), the strength to submit or resist is within the willpower of every believer. James wrote to “submit” to God but to “resist” the devil, and he would flee from you (James 4:7). The word resist means to stand against, similar to a wall that is strong enough to hold back the waves of a terrible storm beating against it. At times it is not the “devil” in you but the you within you, the old carnal nature attempting to control the spiritual nature. However, through the armor of God and the weapons of our warfare, we are able to stand “in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore” (Eph. 6:13-14). The shoes of the Roman soldier had spikes underneath to ensure no slippage when confronting an enemy face-to-face. The God in you can override the flesh in you to defeat the enemies around you.