GOD IS A WAKEFUL WATCHFUL KEEPER

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE for SUNDAY, 18TH  DECEMBER, 2022.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Topic: GOD IS A WAKEFUL WATCHFUL KEEPER

MEMORIZE: “He that keepeth Israel, that keepeth thee, O Israelite! shall neither slumber nor sleep”.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 121:3-8.

" He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore."

EXPOSITION:

"He that keepeth Israel, that keepeth thee, O Israelite! shall neither slumber nor sleep.” He never did, nor ever will, for he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber; he has not the least inclination to sleep."  He not only protects those whom he is the keeper of, but he refreshes them: He is their shade. The comparison has a great deal of gracious condescension in it; the eternal Being who is infinite substance is what he is in order that he may speak sensible comfort to his people, promises to be their umbra--their shadow, to keep as close to them as the shadow does to the body, and to shelter them from the scorching heat, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, Isa 32:2. Under this shadow they may sit with delight and assurance. Song 2:3 reads, “… I sat down in his shade with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.” 

He is always near to his people for their protection and refreshment, and never at a distance; he is their keeper and shade on their right hand; so that he is never far to seek. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn themselves dexterously to their duty, and they shall find God ready to them, to assist them and give them success. The Psalmist in Psalm 16:8 says, “I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.” He is not only at their right hand, but he will also keep the feet of his saints, 1Sa 2:9. He will have an eye upon them in their motions: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved.  God will provide that his people shall not be tempted above what they are able, shall not fall into sin, though they may be very near it, shall not fall into trouble, though there be many endeavouring to undermine them by fraud or over throw them by force. He will keep them from being frightened, as we are when we slip or stumble and are ready to fall. “But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.” Psalm 73:2,23.

 

PRAYER POINTS: Lord, I rely on your worthy arms for my ever sure protection. Protect me and my family from all evil of days and night in Jesus name. 

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DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  James 3-5.