Nothing can stop prayer (Part 3)
Verse of the day: Acts 12:8: ''Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.”
In the third part, I was saying that the angel of God can intervene in our problems and two chains can fall, which means that we are free to move but we still remain in a situation where we cannot go far in life. We are always in the same things with no significant progression simply because even though the chains fell, we can still be in the prison because the Iron Gate is always shut.
As long as the iron door is still shut, all we can do is to walk around in the prison but we are never completely free. As we read it in the verse of the day, after the chains fell, Peter was supposed to follow the angel but the angel gave him three conditions before following him until the Iron Gate open:
To gird himself (put on the belt), to tie on his sandals and to put on his garment.
The belt is spiritually explained as “the truth” which is a spiritual armor that Christians must constantly have (Eph 6:14). All our activities must be based on the truth if we want the iron door to open. Lies must flee away from our vocabulary because of the truth in it.
Sandals or shoes are spiritually explained as “the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace” and it’s another spiritual needed armor for a Christian (Eph 6:15). The readiness is justified by works we do for the Lord because of the gospel of peace in us. Some Christians do all they can to get a sanctified life but they don’t feel any readiness for the work of God. If we don’t feel any readiness for the work of the Lord, it means that our feet are without shoes (spiritually).
The garment is spiritually explained as the anointing of the Holy Spirit as it’s the case for Elijah and Elisha and it’s that anointing that allows us to overcome impossible situations.
The angel couldn’t take Peter out of the prison without those three conditions: The belt, the sandals and the garment.
In the next part, we will see how looks the triumphal exit of Peter followed by God’s angel after having passing through the Iron door.
Chris Ndikumana
