In your struggle, just try faith!! Ephesians 4-6

In Ephesians 6:16 we are told by Paul to take up the Shield of Faith by which we can quench Satan's fiery darts.   He has just told us that our struggle in this world is not with other believers or even unbelievers, but Satan and his minions.  If we read Paul's other writings we can see that faith is a central element for successful living of the believers life.   We can only please God by faith (Hebrews 11:6); we stand by faith (1 Corinthians 16:13); we walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7); we live by faith (Galatians 2:20); and, in this passage, we fight by faith (Ephesians 6:16).  What is faith? The best way to describe it outside of Hebrews 11:1-3 that defines it, is that faith is when we aren't acting in the flesh ... something we typically do 24x7.   Faith is when we don't believe in our talent, treasure or self and we believe that our only hope is in God's character.    God wants us to trust Him, believe Him, rest in Him.   When we do one ounce of our struggle in our flesh, in our own strength, we fail to use faith and have faith and therefore we fail.  Yielding to God in faith is the ultimate expression of worship.   Trusting His character, His promises, His Word is using the shield of faith to defeat Satan.  Satan attempts to rally our inward flesh to be active.   God desires us to come to Him in faith and when we do that quenches the fiery darts of Satan.