God's Protection

 

This is my car seat. Sometimes I get irritated being strapped down, but the purpose of a car seat is very important. It keeps me safe. I don't have to be scared when we're driving somewhere, because I know my car seat will keep me from getting injured. It may sound funny, but God is kind of like a car seat. We will most likely have unexpected accidents that happen in our lives, but just like a car seat, God keeps us safe even when our lives are a wreck. My mommy reads a chapter of the Bible to me every morning. It talks all about God's protection.

Psalm 91

 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^[a]
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust."

 

Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.

 

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he^[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.

 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation."

 

It's a bit long, but it's so good to hear! We all need a little reminder of God's protection. I hear this passage from my mommy every day and it never gets old. We serve a great God. So even if you're life is a wreck right now, just remember you're sitting in God's car seat. He won't let you die in the crash.

 

~*Later Days*~