Our topic for our series on "Protection" this time, is....
Here is another Brooklyn Tabernacle video.
Yes, I know that we just had one last posting,
but as the famous baseball manager, Yogi Berra once said
"It's like deja-vu, all over again." (hehehe! :D )
The song is entitled "Thou Oh Lord".
It is based on Psalm 3:1-4, which has our beautiful word in it..."shield"...
Here are the words to view as you watch, if you want to.
"1Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah." (Psalm 3:1-4, King James Version)
This word in the Bible, means a lot to me.
The Lord started to urge me in November 1991 to get into His Word
every day...
Up until then, I read my Bible, but I did not make it my
"first-thing-in-the-morning-focused-effort...what-would-I-miss-for-that-day?-
feeling..."
I KNEW without a shadow of doubt that God wanted me to commune with Him
as never before.
And sure enough, that next February 1992, my life was never the same.
God was protecting and preparing me.
What a Savior You Are! (as the song in my sidebar sings about)
During that time of living with the Bible...actually on occasions,
sleeping with the Bible by my side...
the word "Shield" "popped" out at me it seemed,
everywhere I read.
Duh...I finally got clued in (this was all new to me)
that God was trying to tell me something.
A puzzle, if you will, that I needed to meditate on.
Over the years, I have had the meaning of that word "unlayered"
to me. Unlayered, as you would cut open an onion.
This would happen to me, just when I needed that new knowledge.
- The Lord is our Shield. He is holding up this shield when we are in battle to extinguish the fiery darts of the enemy when he is attacking. Darts of bitterness, darts of unforgiveness, darts of anger. -Ephesians 6:16
- The Lord is our Shield. He goes before us in our pathway of life. Whatever comes to us...goes through Him first!
- The Lord is our Shield. He is our Protector, our Armor-Bearer!
- The Lord is our Shield. He is very close to us, to be able to protect us.
To view them all click on this link.
"After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: 'Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.'" Genesis 15:1
And they end with:
"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."
Ephesians 6:16
I encourage you to do a Bible Study on this wonderful word.
Take one Scripture per day, or however God leads you;
write it out, look up a commentary and then write down what it means
to you in your own words.
This is a suggestion; there are many different ways to study the Bible.
For more examples, please email me and I would be happy to talk
in more detail.
Here is a picture of a shield and a buckler:
Shields come in all shapes and sizes.
The above picture is the most common.
The round shield is a buckler.
It was used in hand-to-hand combat to ward off the blows of
an opponent's sword. It could also be used to hit the enemy as you would
use a club.
Below is a picture I found on the Web of a painting that a lady did
from a vision from the Lord.
I included her website address below, if you would like to see more of
her work.
Psalms 91:4“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” -Psalm 91:4
Also, in my research, I found that some versions of the Bible use the word
"rampart" instead of buckler in Psalm 91:4.
A rampart is a defensive wall of a castle or a walled city.
So you see, the same idea...a defensive wall between you and your enemy.
Here is a picture of a rampart:
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” -Psalm 91:4
The image suggests not only the thought of protection but those of fostering, downy warmth, peaceful proximity to a heart that throbs with parental love.
(author unknown)
From the perspective of the protected, God is warm and tender; from the vantage point of the attacker, God is as strong as steel.
From:
http://bible.org/seriespage/psalm-91-psalm-safety
W.O.W.....
I like that last statement...strong as steel!
That's what I am talkin' about!!
Please enjoy another wonderful CBN video of God's Divine Protection:
Dear Lord,
How can we even begin to thank You
for being our Protector?
Only in heaven will we know the full
extent of Your protection.
Yes, we have troubles and trials,
but You go in the pathway before us...
You are our Armor-Bearer,
You are our Shield!
Thanking Him today,
Debbie G.
Hi Debbie,
ReplyDeleteI remember when God was talking to you to check out and do a bible study on all the scriptures that have the word shield in them. Little did we both know that you were going to need God's shield of protection in a special way.
I liked the sentence were you said that God is a defensive wall between us and our enemies. That makes me think about it being said that nothing happens to us unless it passes by God first. He takes all of the firey darts from the enemy and turns things around for our good.
Love you,
Darlene
W.O.W. Darlene ~ thanks for that great reply. We go back about 31 years, even way before 1991!!
ReplyDeleteYou are the bestest friend through the good times and the bad.
Love to my sister!
Debbie