The Keeper

Recently, I added another "piece" to my daily devotion time with Jesus. I began choosing an attribute/character quality of the Lord Jesus Christ, selecting a scripture(s) that confirm that attribute, and then just journaling a few sentences of personal thought. It has been such a sweet and meaningful addition to my time with the Lord, and the characteristic and/or the scripture has been a blessing to recall to mind during the day as a ready truth to claim. I encourage the beginning of the simple discipline of taking a rhema (truth) and making it your own for the day.

Not long ago, the Lord reminded me of the passage Psalm 121:5, and so for the next two days, I dwelt on the attributes of Christ that the scripture shows and what an encouragement they were to my heart.

"The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand." Psalm 121:5

Keeper-

Definition: to hedge about (as with thorns), guard, to protect, attend to, observe, preserve

Supporting scripture: "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind." Job 12:10

Application: Though I do not always "feel" Him near, I can rest and be satisfied knowing I am kept in the Father's hands. He is my keeper, the One who holds my way and upholds me in the path. He hedges me about and protects me. So trust in the Keeper, oh, faint of heart. Thy way is guarded securely, and fear no longer has to have hold of you. 

Shade-

Definition: (the idea of hovering over), shadow, to shade

Supporting scripture: "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." Song of Solomon 2:3

Application: Sitting in the shadow of His presence and His Word, I am rested, I am refreshed, and refueled for the next moments. In His shade, I am quieted and renewed by His Word and truths. He overshadows me with His love. 

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." Psalm 84:11

"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14