Life is often overwhelming, a relentless barrage for adults and adolescents alike. Continuous are the assaults against body, heart, and mind. Few reliefs can be found that are not self-destructive. Life is often like living in a besieged city. Enemies’ weapons encircle, constantly firing at a shield wall with gaps and grass openings with no shield to stand behind and no counterattack that can surely break through let alone entirely remove their multilayered fronts. Life often seems like an entrenched war.
A shield does exist for the embattled. David, trying to evade a pursuing enemy, prayed to God for refuge. He asked the LORD to be his champion. Hope exists for all who call on the name of the LORD. Like David, I can proclaim, “My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.” Justice is decreed by my God addressing the battle when called to action. Call upon the LORD Jesus right now.
The engine for the daily battle is from within. The righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, brings to an end the violence of the wicked and makes the righteous secure. As David prayed, “Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.”
