Psalm 121:5-8… “The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.” vs. 7
Sometimes it’s hard to believe the things we read in scripture, and that’s particularly true with verses like this one. We wonder how the psalmist could speak with such certainty! Surely he must have known people whose lives had been turned upside down by the evils of this world. Sometimes good and decent people have awful things happen to them and to their families, and their lives are devastated. How is it even possible then to say that the Lord will keep us from all evil? That’s a hard question. And yet people of faith keep on saying such things. When we worship, generally the last words of the service are a benediction, “The Lord bless you and keep you.” It’s one thing to say that we wish the Lord will keep us from all evil, but can we really say that the Lord will do that?
And the answer is yes! No matter what happens to us in this mixed up and broken world, the Lord will keep us. Our lives are forever safe in the hands of the Creator! Nothing, not even death will be able to separate us from the love of God! That’s a basic Christian belief, and it’s the bedrock of our faith. Even when it seems that all hell has broken loose, our lives are precious to our Maker and our Redeemer, and we will be preserved from all evil.
Thought for the Day: When do I doubt the power of God?
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