Fiery Darts of the Wicked

Satan's ministry is to weave a carefully crafted tapestry of lies to ensure we never come to know the Truth. He seeks to blind us all from ever seeing the Truth and he seeks to deafen us to the point that we cannot recognize the Truth when we hear him.
But if in spite of all his efforts we arrive at the Truth and embrace him with all our hearts, Satan will use his offspring to hurl "fiery darts" at us. These darts are his fierce opposition to Christ and all who belong to him. There are darts of slander, full of false accusations, against Christ's word, his people and his presence. There are darts of doubt and unbelief - contradicting and twisting the Word of God at every opportunity. There are also darts of flattery designed to spoil the offspring of God of their God given spirit of humility and get them puffed up with pride and a haughty spirit (Dan:11:21).
All these must be resisted with unshakable faith as a shield - "able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked" (Eph:6:16). Let me tell you something - do you know best quenches fire? Water of course! Jesus through Paul says he can sanctify and cleanse us "with the washing of water by the Word" hallelujah! The best defense against Satan's "fiery darts of the wicked" is to keep our hearts soaked in the Water of his Word (Jer:4:14) - it's also the only way to ensure the word planted in our hearts like seed will grow up into a good crop that bears much fruit unto God. A "word soaked heart" is a mighty deterrent,  a shield against the multitude of lies the enemy hurls at us as we lie out our lives on this earth, so hell-bent on denying Christ their eternal souls. A "word soaked heart" is full of faith - the faith of the Son of God, and a heart like this is full of "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" whereby we can discern and slay every lie of the enemy, as Jesus did in the desert encounter he had with Satan. Satan may even teach the Word to us as along as he can get us to not follow God's ways...which are just as important as his word. "Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day".
Reader - we are living in the "evil day" now, when "They will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the Truth and shall be turned unto CNN" (just kidding, it says "fables", which is what we hear a lot of on CNN is we're silly enough to listen to them....but we also hear plenty of "fables" from pulpits across the land each week). (2 Tim:4:3&4).
I pray you will not falter but stand in spite of all the enemy's fiery darts hurled against you. "Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might". For it is not by might, nor by power but it is by Spirit that we prevail, Amen and amen.