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Made Me Glad

August 23, 2014 by

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Not to us, O Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory
Because of Your loving kindness, because of Your truth.
Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?”
But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;
They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.
O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their Help and their Shield.
Psalms 115:1-11

I will bless the Lord forever
And I will trust Him at all times

He has delivered me from all fear
And He has set my feet upon a rock

I will not be moved, and I’ll say of the Lord
You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion
Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower
My very present Help in time of need

Whom have I in heaven but You
There’s none I desire beside You
You have made me glad, and I’ll say of the Lord

You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion
Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower
My very present Help in time of need

Songwriter: Miriam Joy Webster / Performed by Hillsong

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Our Part

February 6, 2014 by

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We put our hope in the Lord. He is our Help and our Shield.
Psalm 33:20

I absolutely love that God is my Help, Shield, Provider, Comforter, Banner…and the list goes on.  I love when situations seem impossible and God shows Himself mighty! I love God’s attention to detail and seeing, mostly in hindsight, how the pieces were all laid out to accomplish whatever feat God had planned.

One other thing I love, but dislike at the same time, is free will.  Odd?  Since I can remember I’ve had a fascination with how people think, and why people behave and make the decisions they do.  You know that childhood phase when “why?” is the default question to everything?  I never grew out if it.

We put our hope in the Lord. He is our Help and our Shield.

God IS our Help and Shield, but we also have a personal responsibility in our relationship with God.  My pastor says preparation is our part and victory is God’s part.  I have talked to many a women who pray and read God’s word, but who don’t take action.

What I mean is this: I can pray until I’m blue in the face for roses to grow in my front yard, but until I plant a rosebush…it’s not likely to happen.  I have to do something. We can work against God.  Might not be intentional, but we can.  Doing nothing (or if you prefer terms such as laziness, procrastination, lack of self control, simple ignorance) are all counter-productive to God’s work in our lives.

Nehemiah understood that God had a part and he had a part.  During the rebuilding of the wall, Nehemiah and the builders angered some important people!  They angered them so much that those people began plotting against them (Nehemiah 4:8). And what did they do?

…But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.
Verse 9

If you read on, the enemy learns that God frustrated their plans. And from then on half the men worked and the other half were armed, standing guard.  A man part and a God part.

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Lord, thank You for being my Help and my Shield. Thank You for providing me with Your Word which is wisdom for my living. You teach me daily how am I to live my life and with the right attitude. And You guide me. Continue to lead me, Lord, and show me areas where You may be waiting for action on my part. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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A Shield

October 10, 2013 by

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Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: He is their help and their shield.
Psalm 115:11

Watching a group of 5 to 7 year old boys at football practice can be an eye-opening experience. It is an experience when hindsight is 20/20.  Our vision at any time is never perfect unless you’re just blessed with almost 20/20 vision.  No human could be blessed to be that perfect.

Now back to that football practice…. Imagine that the boys are lined up in two lines facing each other…one behind the other…for a simple football drill—we’ll say tackling.  Two boys, who happen to be brothers, are facing off.  The bigger one has the football.  He runs over little brother and pushes him to the ground, and little brother starts crying.  The next player in line behind the big brother sees what happens, and he just shuts down.  He won’t do a thing.  He refuses to even try because he is scared that he will get hurt.  What is a mother to do when this happens at every practice?

Like I said, hindsight is 20/20. Mom has to remember that the boy is a young, young five.  He has never done this before.  He is a scared little five year old who has no idea what he is doing, AND he wants his daddy because daddy knows what is going on.  Mommy doesn’t know because mommy grew up a girl with Barbie dolls, books, and everything sugar and spice.  Equate this to being scared, alone, and confused.  You have no protection.  You have no one to lean on.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: He is their help and their shield.
Psalm 115:10

We have the protection of the shield of God to protect us.  God protected the Israelites as they escaped Egypt.  He separated a sea for them so that they could escape.  He put up a fire barrier to buy them time to flee to the other shore.  God provided the Israelites everything they needed as they wandered in the wilderness.  God protected David during his reign as king.  As long as we trust, fear, and love the Lord, we have His protection.  When we accept Jesus as our Savior, we are given the Lord as a shield from the evil in this world.

Just as those little football players have helmets and pads for protection, we have the Lord as our shield for our protection.  We don’t have to be like scared children who are doing something new because we have God as our shield.  God is our Protector. God is our Savior.  God is our Help and our Shield.

Hindsight 20/20:  Mommy should have made son wait an extra year before letting him play football.  Lesson learned.

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Dear heavenly Father, thank You for being our Shield, our Protector, our Savior.  Without You, we would fall with the rest of the world.  May Your shield bring strength as we live day to day. In Jesus name.

Amen.

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