Backwards

Today I was reading from Ephesians 6 where we are told to put on the whole armour of God then we are to stand. My rational mind tells me that this is backward. Shouldn't we be given the armour by God and then told to go and fight? It really shows that God's ways are different than our ways. We are told to do something, put on the armour, then we are told to do nothing but stand. In my study of Hebrews I am reminded that there is much that we are to do but it is only by God's grace that we can do it. This certainly isn't works righteousness. He tells us what to do and then He does it through us.