I’ve never had a bodyguard — never needed one, fortunately — but I’ve seen people with them on TV and heard about celebrities and politicians and sports stars needing them to keep fans and haters alike at bay. The US Secret Service is a whole law enforcement agency with a goal of protecting our government’s leaders and their families.
Bodyguards and Secret Service agents can be very effective, especially when their protectee is cooperative. It’s much easier to take a bullet for the vice president if she stays close to her agent.
In today’s verse I learn that God faithfully guards me from the evil one. He’s taking bullets for me left and right. But just like with bodyguards, it’s important for me to stay close to God. If I go wandering off, the evil one may find a way past my security detail. Not because God can’t manage, but because He still wants me to have a choice.
If I want to lose my bodyguard, I have that right. But I will be vulnerable. If I shake off God’s guidance, I will be vulnerable to the devil’s whispered lies and temptations from my own desires.
If I choose to stick close to God instead, returning to His word and to prayer constantly, He will faithfully and vigilantly protect me from any and all attacks.
Dear God,
Thank you so much for your promise of protection! Remind me to stay close to you. Show me when I am straying too far and forgive me. Teach me how to remain under your loving guard at all times.
CamDevo 