Excalibur

Excalibur the legendary sword of King Arthur.  There are many stories written about how Arthur obtained the sword, but the one I grew up with was the old Disney classic, "The Sword and the Stone". In this account, the sword could only be pulled out by "the true king," meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of Uther Pendragon.  Excalibur, King Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights of Camelot are only legend but they make for some great stories.  Some of my favorite stories are of King Arthur, and the Knights of the round table.

The word of God is often called a sword.  Check out the below two scriptures.

Ephesians 6:17- And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.

Hebrews 4:12- For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart

The Bible is our weapon against Satan, and all the spiritual forces of this world.  The enemy would like to deceive us, and cause us to fear him and what he can do.  If you look at all the scary movies that come out in the theater.  The purpose is to cause fear in the hearts of men.  Do you know that we have authority over the powers of darkness? Jesus said in Luke 10:19-"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

You do not have to fear Satan, and his demons.  The same Spirit that rose Christ from the dead dwells in you.  No weapon formed against you shall prosper.  The enemy wants to keep you out of the Bible because he doesn't want you to be armed for battle.  We are in Spiritual Warfare every moment of everyday, and we have to suit up in our armor and take up the sword of the Spirit to fight.  We have to pray the word of God.  Prayer and the Word will give you victory over the enemy every time.

Are you in a battle today?  Pick up your word, and begin to read and pray.  Keep the word in front of your face.  It has to be a priority in your daily life.  We are kings and queens of heaven, and we can pick up the sword which is founded on the true stone.  We have our own Excalibur that gives us victory every time we use it.  We are not heirs of Uther Pendragon, but we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.

The key to unlocking the power of your Sword of the Spirit is understanding not just the written Word, but the living Word-Jesus Christ. The Bible says in John 1, that the Word became flesh and dwealt among us, and we beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth. The Bible is alive because Jesus is the fulfillment of everything written in the Bible-Gen-Rev. Jesus is the living sword that the enemy has been defeated with. The enemy the devil is already defeated. He was defeated when the Word was crucified, and rose again. He is the alpha, omega, beginning, and end. The First and the last. He is He who was, and is, and is to come. You can rest in the fact that Jesus Christ has won the victory, and is the Living Word.