Dress Me, Jesus

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11, NKJV).

Dear Jesus,
You told me to resist the devil, and he would flee from me,
But I have no resistance.
You have all the power and resistance I’ll ever need,
So give me the power to resist.
You told me I could move my mountains
If I had faith even as a mustard seed;
Yet my mountain won’t move
Even though my faith in you is as great
As I can conceive it.
You made the heavens and earth;
Please move my mountain.
You said, “Flee the very appearance of evil!”
So I ran hard,
But sin overtook me
In my finest hour of effort.
You have power
Over all the power of the enemy
With miracles, signs and wonders.
Deliver me from the trap of Satan.
I don’t even have the strength to put on the whole armor,
So dress me as my armor-bearer.
Do for me what I know I cannot do for myself.

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26).

“But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one” (2 Thessalonians 3:3)

“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles” (Psalm 34:17).

“And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God” (2 Corinthians 3:4-5).

“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation” (Psalm 91:15-16).

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57).