Armour Bearer Report

Devon Dieffenbach
Armourbearer Writing Assignment

The Biblical armourbearer is an individual who will lie down his own desires, dreams, and life, for that of his leader. He is there to hold his masters sword and shield in the midst of a great spiritual battle. He knows the heart of his leader, instinctively knows and anticipates his leader's needs, and will actively search for ways to provide service to the leader with minimum strain, or overhead. An armourbearer must have respect and perhaps even reverence for his leader, not only is the armourbearer there to serve his leader, but also to provide strength, encouragement, and wise consul. An effective armourbearer is wholeheartedly submitted to his leaders authority and position, and understands the biblical concept of authority, as according to Romans 13:1-2 "for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves." In otherwords, if you rebel against your authority, you are rebelling against God.

So now it comes down to the question of how we can fulfill our duty as an armourbearer. Spiritually, we can assist our leader beyond all else by praying for them constantly and feverantly. Praying for our leader is the greatest thing we can do for them, because in praying for them, God often changes our hearts through prayer, and will show us ways we can serve, but most importantly prayer is the strongest weapon we posess in spiritual warefare. Praying for them must be our topmost priority in serving them.

After God has revealed ways you can serve your leader, we need to seek ways we can serve them physically, it could be as simple as taking out the trash, or fixing a computer, but a general rule of thumb is to not let your leader do something you wouldn't want to do, unless it can't be helped. Mentally, we have to be on the prowl, satan lurks around every corner, and we must guard our hearts and minds, and not allow the spirit of rebellion or pride to come into the picture. When we are given tasks, keep a good mind on being cost effective, in time as well as cash, make sure not to spend too much time doing a task of little consequence, when you could be helping in a much larger way. That isn't to say promote yourself, the point I am trying to emphasize is that you keep your leaders priorities in mind. Every leader has a different social situation, and that must be taken into account when serving them socially. We have to bear in mind, that we are not aiming to be their best friend, or "golf buddy," but that we are there to serve them. We must be friendly, gentle, and easy to talk to, and we have to listen, more than we speak.