"Bodyguard? Do I have a bodyguard?"
Yes, and so does everybody else. It's not only the rich and famous who have bodyguards, we all do. David was rich and famous, and he had his bodyguard: "And David put him in charge of his bodyguard" (1 Chron 11:25). However, even thou you and I are "ordinary" people, we have a bodyguard. What is a bodyguard? A bodyguard is a man or group of men whose job is to protect an important person (Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary). Bodyguards protect people. So far, so good. But who is your and my bodyguard?
Well, since Jesus is our example and our big brother, let's see who His bodyguard was. Who protected Jesus?
If we need protection, it is because someone is out to get us. And at the beginning of His earthly ministry, there was someone who definitely was out to get Jesus. His name is Satan. Jesus went out in the desert to fast and be tested for forty days before his public ministry, and Satan was right there to distract Him, yes, even kill Him. And several times he comes to Jesus with enticing words. However, Jesus answered every attack with the same weapon: "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4).
Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7).
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve (Matthew 4:10, my emphasises).
Three times Jesus' bodyguard went to work for Him. Three times He went victoriously out of the battle with Satan. What was Jesus' bodyguard? The Word of God. The Word of God was Jesus' bodyguard, and it is your and my bodyguard. "... withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]" (Eph 6:16). What is better than to 'quench all the fiery darts of the evil one'? If I quench all the fiery darts the evil one sends against me, I am not overtaken, I am a victor. And how do I quench the fiery darts? By holding up my shield of protection; the Word of God.
That requires, however, that I know what the Word says about my situation. So the next time a situation arises that you feel is overwhelming and that wants to render you helpless, look up Scriptures that pertain to your situation, read them again and again until they become giants inside of you, and hold them up against the fiery darts of the enemy. Nothing - NOTHING - can withstand the Word of God.
Yes, and so does everybody else. It's not only the rich and famous who have bodyguards, we all do. David was rich and famous, and he had his bodyguard: "And David put him in charge of his bodyguard" (1 Chron 11:25). However, even thou you and I are "ordinary" people, we have a bodyguard. What is a bodyguard? A bodyguard is a man or group of men whose job is to protect an important person (Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary). Bodyguards protect people. So far, so good. But who is your and my bodyguard?
Well, since Jesus is our example and our big brother, let's see who His bodyguard was. Who protected Jesus?
If we need protection, it is because someone is out to get us. And at the beginning of His earthly ministry, there was someone who definitely was out to get Jesus. His name is Satan. Jesus went out in the desert to fast and be tested for forty days before his public ministry, and Satan was right there to distract Him, yes, even kill Him. And several times he comes to Jesus with enticing words. However, Jesus answered every attack with the same weapon: "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4).
Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7).
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve (Matthew 4:10, my emphasises).
Three times Jesus' bodyguard went to work for Him. Three times He went victoriously out of the battle with Satan. What was Jesus' bodyguard? The Word of God. The Word of God was Jesus' bodyguard, and it is your and my bodyguard. "... withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]" (Eph 6:16). What is better than to 'quench all the fiery darts of the evil one'? If I quench all the fiery darts the evil one sends against me, I am not overtaken, I am a victor. And how do I quench the fiery darts? By holding up my shield of protection; the Word of God.
That requires, however, that I know what the Word says about my situation. So the next time a situation arises that you feel is overwhelming and that wants to render you helpless, look up Scriptures that pertain to your situation, read them again and again until they become giants inside of you, and hold them up against the fiery darts of the enemy. Nothing - NOTHING - can withstand the Word of God.
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