Vulnerability

      1 Peter 5:8

 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Ephesians 6:11

 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Satan is looking for the weak spot in your armour. He studies us to find out what makes us tick. When he discovers this, it becomes the most valuable part of the attack for him against us. 99% of the time the thing that makes you vulnerable is not how well you wear the armour or how other people affect you or things get to you in the armour. But it’s the parts of the body that the armour doesn't cover. Let me explain; Ephesians 6:11-18 describes the pieces of armour and how they are utilized. When we read this we can see that vital organs are the things that are being protected. Like the head, the heart, pretty much the entire midsection and your feet. The shield is held in hand and is only valuable if the wielder positions it in the right place. So areas like your face, arms, throat and parts of the leg can be protected as well. Look at these areas like parts of your life that you’re vulnerable in. Like reoccurring lustful thoughts, (thigh) deeply embedded insecurity’s (throat), overwhelming sense of being inadequate (arms), anxiety and frustration over financial status (face) etc…

So we can understand that the Word is requiring us to use our faith (shield) which is ultimately our trust in God, in the areas in our life that we our weakest. See our head and our heart (helmet and breastplate) may be in the right place. But it’s the weak spots that keep hindering us. We can look at it like this: it’s our lack of faith in these certain areas of our lives that causes us to constantly be hurt.

So what do we do? If I were to jump at you or some would say buck at you  the first thing you would do especially if you didn't see it coming would be to throw your hands up to protect you’re vulnerability. But in this case, we as believers have in our hands a shield and sword.  

Grab and go: The opposite of doubting is trusting. So we should begin to allow our faith/trust in God to begin to shield us from these attacks from the enemy. If you have been asking God for an increase in faith, understand how He is answering your prayer by allowing you to go through (putting you in a situation) so that you can trust Him.