A Watery Shield All Around You

Ephesians 6:16

16above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

I believe that when you pray in the Spirit, that is, in tongues, a shield goes up all around you — a “watery” shield.
But why is it a watery shield?
Once, I was meditating on Ephesians 6:16 which says, “above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one”. At first, I had a picture of a Roman soldier’s wooden shield. But three words kept repeating themselves in my mind: “quench” and “fiery darts”. Then, the Lord said, “Son, if it is a wooden shield, the fiery darts will burn it up.” He showed me a watery shield instead, which was able to quench the fiery darts.
You may ask, “Where did the water come from?”
Remember that Jesus said, “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:38) The next verse says, “But this He spoke concerning the Spirit...” (John 7:39)
Jesus was speaking about the Holy Spirit, which He likened to rivers of living water flowing out of our hearts. So when we pray in the Spirit, rivers of living water will flow, quenching the devil’s fiery darts thrown at us.
This happened one day when I was having supper with a church member. Now, I don’t often pray in tongues when I say grace over my food. But that night, I just felt like doing so. I was following the Spirit’s prompting. So I prayed in tongues as I laid my hands on my packet of nasi lemak (coconut-flavoured rice).
Soon, we were tucking in our food and talking when suddenly, I bit something hard. I spat it out quickly and realised that it was a nail! Then, I realised that this was the reason the Lord wanted me to pray in tongues. And though the devil was trying to “nail” me, he failed!
My friend, put up the watery shield that God has given us. Pray in the Spirit and quench the fiery darts of the enemy!