While preparing for my Sacrament Meeting talk, I came across an insightful quote from my May 15, 2015 blog post: "The one weakness of the armor of God is how easy it is to accidentally, foolishly, recklessly take off. God's power can protect us, but it won't prevent us from distancing ourselves from Him and giving up that protection."
I went on to say that, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, "The armor that we may have foolishly damaged or lost can be repaired and replaced when we repent." What I failed to mention then is that putting that armor back on, or putting it on in the first place, is harder than it is to take it off, and it takes longer as well.
In Dungeons and Dragons, it takes ten minutes to put on heavy armor like plate mail or chainmail, but only half as much time to take off. Similarly, it takes five minutes to put on a breastplate or scale mail, but only one minute to take off. With the armor of God, I believe that the time difference is even more pronounced. It can take quite some time to build up a resistance to Satan's influence but only a few moments of foolishness to give it up.
We must be vigilant to maintain and strengthen our armor consistently, and we need to be careful not to take it off when we need it most. The armor of God can help to keep us out of danger, but only when we are diligent enough to keep it on.
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