As for God, His way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
He shields all who take refuge in Him.
For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except out God?
It is God who arms with strength and keeps my way secure.
Psalms 18:30-32
Perfection. I will go ahead and say that I have tried many times to be perfect. Have I ever achieved it? No. I never will. I have flaws. I was born that way. God made me with flaws for His own reasons. I can either take advantage of those flaws to make myself better or let those flaws bring me down. God gives me the strength to get past these flaws.
If we let our flaws bring us down, we can take refuge in a God who understands us because He made us. God knew us before we born. He knit us in our mothers’ wombs; therefore, He knows every fiber of our body. This is one way He is our Rock and Shield. He knows where we need protection and a fighting way against the evil of the world. He arms us with the ways to stay strong and secure in our lives.
As Psalm 18:2 says, “The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress and my Deliverer; my God is my Rock, in Whom I take refuge, my Shield and the Horn of my salvation, my Stronghold,” God delivers me from my flaws which allow me to fall into temptation and to feel down. He arms me with the strength and tools I need through His Word—the Bible. I only have to make the choice (which I already have) to accept Jesus into my heart and to pick up the Good Book. Through this, I am armed with God’s Shield to protect myself and my loved ones from Satan, and I have a Rock to lean on in hard times.
God does not just not only makes me feel secure…He is my security. Just like a child depends on a blanket for security, God envelops us with His loving and strong arms to protect us. We can get that same security blanket feeling if we just depend on the rock that is always giving us protection and love.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the flaws that make us what we are. We can use those to make our lives our betters if we let You show us how to deal with them. You are perfect. We are not. Your perfection is what makes You our great Protector and Father. Without you, we would be lost to the world. In Jesus name, Amen.
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