There is an account of David’s mighty men in 2 Samuel 23. I want to focus on one man. Verse 10 says that Eleazar, “…arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day…”

Does the hand of your heart stick to the sword of the Spirit when the enemy roars in your face? Do you have Scripture tucked away to whip out in times of temptation? When tempted to be fearful, we can whip out Psalm 56:3. It says, “Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in  You.”

After my ravine fall in 1977, I would periodically go into temporary paralysis in the night. I learned to wield my sword with the last part of the verse. If I acknowledged the first part, my body would shut down further. However, as I quoted the last part over and over, my body would calm through another lesson in trust.