Living in the world full of sins, deceits, snares and temptations, we do need God’s guidance as well as God’s protection. We are like “sheep in the midst of wolves” (Matt 10:16), and the Devil is like “a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). The naive and wandering sheep are only easy prey to lions, wolves, or fierce beasts. Without God’s protection, we are only helpless victims of the Devil. Knowing this truth, we shall humbly hide ourselves in God and His protection.
God’s Perfect Protection
In perilous, risky or threatening situations, many turn to men or human means and resources, but sadly they never have true and lasting peace. God’s Word teaches us to turn to the Lord, the Creator, who created the heaven and the earth, human beings and all things in it: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber... The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand… The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore” (Ps 121:1-3, 5, 7-8). To be kept by God Himself, you and I will be secure. The Lord Jesus confirms, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand” (John 10:27-29).
If you and I are the true sheep of the Lord, we shall be kept safe in His mighty and loving hands. Please read our next article.
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