God is a shield to His people, for it says “You, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head…Salvation belongs to the Lord; Your blessing be upon Your people.” Enemies of the people of God are many. They range from lowly earthlings who themselves are slaves to sins deception and selfish inclinations to lofty principalities and powers who are bent on the destruction of those called by the name of God.
None of them know the end from the beginning. None of them can say for certain what the future will hold. None of them are greater in power than the Almighty. None of them are wise enough to outsmart Him. So what have we to fear? We who are called by His name. We who are His people. Who do we have to fear?
God is a “shield…a glory…the One who lifts up [our] head.” How then shall we respond to adversity? Those things/people which pit themselves against us? How shall we respond? With evil? With dismay?
We should respond with prayer. We should respond with hope. We should respond to them confidently knowing in whom we have trusted. Knowing that the One in whom we have trusted is the One to whom “salvation” belongs.
Who or what is your salvation? Is it the God to whom Salvation belongs? Is it the God who is a Shield to His people? Is it the God who shatters the teeth of the wicked? If you are “the people” of the God of salvation, fear not and be not dismayed by your enemies…for He said “vengence is mine, I will repay.” However if you are not for the God who is Salvation, then you have great reason to fear…yea even to tremble. For this same God who is Salvation to His people is also a “consuming fire.”
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