Hold Tight Your Shield

“AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT; THE WORD OF THE LORD IS PROVEN; HE IS A SHIELD TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM.” 2 SAMUEL 22:21

This fallen world is full of opportunity for compromise. Following our deceitful hearts, we so easily compromise what we know to be truth; we compromise our health; physically, emotionally, mentally and unless we remind ourselves of God’s goodness to us; we too often compromise ourselves spiritually.

Hear the words of the man of God; embrace the wisdom of lessons learned, remind yourself of your Father whose heart is broken by our willful sin.

“AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT”; For our sake’ “THOU SHALT NOT. . .” is written. Being the One who created us, He knows what is most profitable for us. Our sin does not threaten His Lordship; it breaks His heart, for us. He knows the destruction that awaits His rebellious children. “FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!” ROMANS 6:23

“THE WORD OF THE LORD IS PROVEN; God’s communication is perfect. His Word is a Light unto our way, Lamp unto our feet; life and that abundant and eternal. The more the darkness of the world assails us, the more we need His Light, the more confusing the path before us the more we need His direction; the more death surrounds us and demands that we make more of it than we ought; His Word reminds us and keeps us; “OH DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VISTORY?” 1 CORINTHIANS 15:55

“HE IS A SHIELD TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM.” Only a ruthless, conniving, deceptive enemy would convince his foe to drop his shield in the heat of battle; only sin-prone man could be foolish enough to do so, yet how often, at the very time we have need to place all our trust in God, do we choose to abandon such trust; do we push aside God who is our shield.


About 30 years ago, after faithfully fighting the enemy for years, in an area of my life. I let down my shield; I let down God. I listened to my heart; I reasoned with my brain and I choose to ignore the counsel of the Word of God for this area of my life. I felt abandoned by God and man and so I pushed aside the shield who had been protecting me from the firey darts of the enemy. Without God to keep me the projectiles hit their mark and I fell wounded and dying.

In the heat of battle, out of loneliness and fear and sorrow and feeling abandoned, I compromised God’s will for my life; after years of flirting with temptation; I sinned, and my world tumbled. I suffered tremendous loss.

And even though I eventually sought and found God’s forgiveness; even though I would recommit to God’s will in the situation; even though by His great mercy, like Job, I was given back everything I had lost and more; my greatest sin came when I failed to continue to trust God to resurrect what was already dead; I failed when I pushed God who is my shield away and leaned unto my own hurt and twisted understanding.

Oh, how I should have said, ‘WHAT TIMES I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN GOD!” PSALM 56:3

“AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT; THE WORD OF THE LORD IS PROVEN; HE IS A SHIELD TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM.” 2 SAMUEL 22:21 Every day in big and small ways we have opportunity to prove or fail God; my prayer is that you hold tight toGod who is your shield. AMEN!