In All Circumstances Take Up The Shield Of Faith

​The armor of God is faith in the good, the enduring and the true. Against such, there is no law. That is, against Truth, nothing can stand. The armor of God suggests protection to those who believe in and trust the law of Good. With this armor--knit together by that thread of unity running through all, strong with the strength of the Almighty, burnished with clear vision and true estimates of life and Reality--we are safe. We abide under the shadow of the everlasting Truth. With Moses, we can say, “underneath are the everlasting arms.”
The breastplate of righteousness covers and gives sanctuary to the heart of hearts, the innermost soul of man. The feet, shod with the gospel of peace, can travel and not become weary. With Solomon we are happy when we find Wisdom, for “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
And we take also “the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.” The positive thought of Truth is a shield against which nothing unlike Itself can stand. In the Science of Mind, we learn that no thought of negation can enter a mind already filled with peace and faith. The suggestion of limitations, fear and doubt cannot find entrance to that mental home where God is enthroned as the Supreme Guest.
And the sword of the Spirit is the word of Truth. This has also been called a two-edges sword, cleaving the false from the true, cutting its way across the path of confusion, uprooting the thistles and briars, clearing the way for Truth and beauty to flourish in the home of the soul.
The Word of God is not a battle hymn of righteousness, but a paean of praise, a psalm of beauty and a song of joy. “If God be for us, who can be against us?”
 
~Ernest Holmes, “The Science of Mind”