We must strengthen our Achilles heel

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character, and the greatest warrior in Homer's Iliad. Achilles also had the distinction of being the most handsome of the heroes who came together to fight Troy. Greek legend states that Achilles was invulnerable throughout his body, except for the heel. It was further said that he was semi-immortal, although his heel was vulnerable. Legend states that Achilles died due to a crush on the part of Paris, his opponent, shot precisely at his heel. For this reason, the expression "Achilles heel" has come to mean the main weakness of a person.

We need to identify where are the places of weakness in our armor, what are the weak points in our character, and through which areas of our lives the enemy could penetrate and wreak havoc. Once we identify that "Achilles heel" in our spiritual life, we must pay special attention to that aspect of our being. We must proceed to strengthen it, to “build fortresses and places of supply” in that exposed and fragile area of our spiritual land (II Chron 17:12).

Generally, when the enemy attacks in our life, it will do so through those places where there are structural failures. It will seek to wreak havoc on those spaces of our spiritual armor not strengthened by the word of God, confession, fasting and total surrender to the Lord.

The Apostle James declares in his letter:

13 When someone is tempted, do not say that he is tempted by God; because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

14 but each one is tempted, when by his own lust he is drawn and seduced.

In other words, generally, temptation will come into our life through the areas of weakness that already exist within us. In the original Greek, the word that is translated "lust" is epithumia, which refers to the desires of the flesh, whatever they may be. It's about all those sinful tendencies within us, those “carnal desires that battle the soul” (I Pet 2:11), that militate against God's will for our lives.

Preventively, every day of our life, especially in times of quiet and normality, we must be strengthening those fragile aspects of our spirituality and giving them to the Lord. This will ensure that we can live quietly and peacefully, free from shock, enjoying that "peace of God that passes all understanding" (Phil 4: 7). To that continuous surrender of our being to God's treatment, which results in His all-encompassing blessing covering our lives, the apostle Paul refers in Romans 12: 1 and 2:

1 Therefore, brothers, I beg you by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your rational worship.

2 Do not be conformed to this age, but transform yourselves through the renewal of your mind, so that you may see what is the good will of God, agreeable and perfect.

By continually surrendering those areas of our life that are exposed to the temptations and attacks of the enemy, and strengthening those cracks in our spiritual armor — in other words, by presenting our bodies "as a living sacrifice" —we are then prepared to experience and prove the God's blessing in all areas of our life, His "good, pleasant and perfect will."