Tuesday, March 24 ~ Stand firm . . . wearing the breastplate of righteousness.​—Eph. 6:14.

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Tuesday, March 24

Stand firm . . . wearing the breastplate of righteousness.—Eph. 6:14.

 

One type of breastplate worn by a Roman soldier in the first century consisted of overlapping horizontal strips of iron. This type of garment required that he regularly check that the plates were firmly fixed in place in order to protect his heart and other vital organs. What an appropriate symbol of how Jehovah’s righteous standards can protect our figurative heart! (Prov. 4:23) Just as a soldier would not swap a breastplate of iron for one made of an inferior metal, we would never want to exchange Jehovah’s standards of what is right for our own. Our judgment is just too flawed to offer us the protection that we need. (Prov. 3:5, 6) Instead, we regularly check that the ‘iron plates’ Jehovah has given us are firmly fixed over our heart. And the more we love divine truths, the easier it is to carry our “breastplate,” that is, to live by God’s righteous standards.—Ps. 111:7, 8;1 John 5:3. w18.05 28 ¶3-4, 6-7