As a soldier out in the battlefield, your armor is of utmost importance because it can and in many instances does save your life. Out in the battlefield your enemy looks out for weak spots where he can strike just in the same way that you look at him to find weak spots you can attack.

Today we are looking at the breastplate of righteousness. This is a piece of critical armor because it protected the vital organs. One strike on your chest could damage your heart or lungs or other vital organs, leading to immediate death. There was no way one would go out into the battlefield without their breastplate.

In the same way, the enemy is out to attack our vital organs. Remember, he wants to kill, steal and destroy. Righteousness means one who is morally right, one who is justifiable. It means one who is blameless. That is such a high standard for us to attain on our own.

If we were to rely on our righteousness, it would be like going out into the battle zone with a breastplate made of Styrofoam. We would be an easy target. So, how then do we put on this breastplate of righteousness?

We attain righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, remember we said yesterday He is the truth and all else has its foundation in the truth. Out in the battlefield, we boast not of our achievements and what we have done, but we boast in what Christ has done! That’s how we put on the breastplate of righteousness, we guard our hearts!

Have you based your salvation on what you have done or on what Christ did for you?

We can only attain righteousness through Christ, who paid the ultimate price for our redemption, have you accepted this righteousness through Him by faith?

Have you exposed your heart? Do you hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness and jealousy, sins that damage your heart?