A. HE IS A PHYSICAL SHIELD
In the Bible we see a picture of a physical hedge of protection spoken of.
Job 1:9-10 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.”
Even the devil recognized that he did not have direct access to Job. Even he could see that God had placed a ‘hedge of protection’ around His servant Job. This ‘hedge of protection’ did not only protect Job as an individual, but it went further to include a shield of protection around his household. This included protection for those who lived under the same roof as him. This could include his servants and his family. This ‘hedge of protection’ went even further to protect his assistants, the things he owned and it seems to have included everything that fell under Job’s jurisdiction.
Psalm 34:7 ‘The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.’
Psalm 139:5 ‘You hem me in behind and before, and You lay your hand upon me.’
Psalm 125:2 ‘As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people both now and forevermore.’
Psalm 121:8 ‘The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.’
Psalm 91:9-11 ‘For you have made the LORD, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent. For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.’
B. HE IS A SHIELD FOR OUR LIVES
He holds our lives and our very breath in His hands.
Isaiah 33:15-16 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
The very bread and water we need for the sustaining of life is part of the shield God provides in our lives.
Psalm 33:18-19 ‘Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His loving-kindness, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.’
Imagine your soul being delivered from death and being kept alive in a famine.
C. HE IS A SHIELD FOR OUR SOULS
He is also the preserver and restorer of our souls.
Psalm 23:3 ‘He restores my soul!’
Psalm 97:10 ‘He preserves the souls of His saints!’
The word preserves means to keep or to watch over the souls of His sons and daughters.
2 Samuel 22:31 As for God, His way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; He shields all who take refuge in Him
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