Topic: Perfectly Protected
Text: Psalms 125:1-5

The concept of bodyguards has become the latest fad. Celebrities, music stars, international footballers, government officials and even religious leaders have in their employ highly paid bodyguards in order to keep intruders, miscreants and unwanted visitors away. However, the major purposes of hiring well-trained bodyguards are to ensure the security and protection of the one who is guarded. Nevertheless, bodyguards try their best but God actually protects. When we talk about a keeper, we are talking about a protector, like a bodyguard.

There are many kinds of bodyguards but the only One who can keep and protect is the Almighty God. In Psalm 125:2-3, the Bible says, “As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from henceforth even forever. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.” The Almighty God surround us like a mountain. In Zechariah 2:5, we are told that if God is our bodyguard, He surrounds us with a wall of fire. There are keepers who can keep you from human beings and animals. When it comes to attacks from witches and wizards, you need a keeper that is not an ordinary human being because these are invisible enemies. With the wall of fire around you, if any body wants to attack you, that fellow will have to pass through the fire first. The fire surrounding you is the consuming fire.

In Isaiah 54:17, God says no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper. It does not matter what the enemy wants to attack with. God will neutralize it. He will then shut the gates of your house so firmly that nobody can open it. Revelation 3:7 says, “And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia write; these things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth.” When God shuts your gate, no devil can open it. The Almighty God never grows old so He remains forever strong to be effective as your Bodyguard. Isaiah 26:4 says, “Trust ye in the LORD for ever; for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength;” God does not grow old, so, He does not grow weak. Again in Psalm 102:25-27, the Bible has this to say: “Of old has thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment: as a venture shalt thou change them and the shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.” He does not change with years. This is confirmed in Hebrew 13:8: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Once God is your protector you have nothing to fear. No power can harm you as long as God is your refuge.

Memory Verse: Isaiah 26:3 - “Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”