>
> I love You fervently and devotedly, O
> Lord, my Strength. The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God,
> my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and
> the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. I will call upon the Lord, Who is to be
> praised; so shall I be saved from my
> enemies.
> Psalm
> 18:1-3
>
>
> A rock is a type of a sure foundation. When the waters of trial
> threaten to rise up and overwhelm us, we need to do as David did and climb up on
> the rock that is higher than we are. David also called the Lord his Fortress. A
> fortress is a castle, a fort, a defense, a place into which we go when we are
> being hunted or attacked. It is not a hiding place in which our enemy cannot
> find us. It is a place of protection in which we can see and be seen but cannot
> be reached because we are safe in God's protection.
>
> David also called
> the Lord his High Tower—another lofty and inaccessible place—and his Shield and
> Buckler—which are part of the protective armor that surrounds the believer
> (Ephesians 6:10-17).
>
> God is not just above us and around us, He is even underneath
> us, because the psalmist tells us,
>
> "The Lord upholds the [consistently] righteous."
>
> (Psalm 37:17)
>
> God is holding us up by His powerful right hand and is
> surrounding us as the mountains surround the holy city of Jerusalem.
>
> The devil is against us; but God is for us, and over us, and
> with us, and in us. Because He cares for us, He watches over us and keeps us so
> we can find rest and peace under the shadow of His wings as we cast all our care
> upon Him.
>
> "Devotion with Emotion", Bible, Christianity, Devotional,
> Joyce Meyer, Jesus, Last Call, Michael James Stone,
> Sharon
>
