God's Keeping Power
The keeping power of God is our assurance, our promise. He will keep us, regardless of the situation in which we find ourselves. He will keep us safe if we find ourselves in a place of danger. He will keep us healthy if we find ourselves in a place of disease. He will keep us wealthy if we find ourselves in a place of lack and want. He will keep us loving when we find ourselves in a place of hatred. He will keep us in faith when we find ourselves in a place of fear.
God’s power will keep us, take care of us, be more than enough to do what is necessary to live a victorious life while we are here on this earth. In Psalm 121:7,8 we read: The Lord will keep, preserve you from all evil; He will keep your life. The Lord will keep, preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. He is the One Who will protect us from our enemy, the devil and all of his demonic forces. The Lord is the One Who will watch over us as we go about our day’s activities. He is the One Who will keep our life. He gave His life so that our life may be free from harm of any kind. What a God we serve!
In the Old Testament, in Jacob’s dream at Bethel, in Genesis 28:10-15, God made a promise to Jacob in v. 15 that He would be with him and keep him, watch over him with care, take notice of him wherever he went. If God made that promise in the Old Covenant, how much more does He promise us in the New Covenant since Jesus came! He is with us. He never forsakes us or leaves us. He is always right there all the time.
In Proverbs 3:26 in the Amplified Bible we see that the Lord is our confidence, firm and strong. He will keep our foot from being caught in a trap or hidden danger. We can have confidence in God. We can have total faith in Him keeping us from danger. He will reveal to us anything that is hidden from us. The Holy Spirit came to show us things to come, to reveal to us the future. He is the revealer of God to us as God’s children. It is the Holy Spirit Who brings the hidden things to the surface so that they are out in the Light of God, out in the open. There is nothing that will be hidden from you when you are walking with Him.
In Isaiah 26:3 we are told that the Lord will keep us in perfect peace as our minds are kept on Him, stayed on Him, committed to Him. We can trust Him forever. He doesn’t change. He is forever our Jehovah, our covenant keeper. He keeps covenant with us forever. He is our strength, our rock, as we talked about in a previous Pearls of Wisdom.
In the New Testament in Philippians 4:7 we are told that the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. God’s peace will keep us. Of course, there is a preamble to that in verse 6. We are not to fret or worry or have anxiety about anything. Instead, we are to be thankful at all times, with a heart of gratitude. If you are saying that it is not possible to be worry free, the Lord would not have had that verse in there if it were not possible. Whatever He says we can do, we can do.
Then we have that wonderful scripture in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and 24 which states that the God of Peace Himself will sanctify us totally, completely, wholly. He has the keeping power to preserve our spirits, souls, and bodies completely blameless. That is powerful right there. Do you know what the word blameless means? It means to be without fault. Now how is that possible? Remember the blood of Jesus. His blood washes away all sin, all fault, all guilt. And then verse 24 tells us that God is faithful to fulfill His call and keep us. What promises these are!
And I love 2 Thessalonians 3:3. The Lord is faithful. He will establish and strengthen us. He will set us on a firm foundation and keep us, guard us from the evil one. He is ever on watch, guarding us, keeping us, preserving us. He is our Keeper.
We finish with 2 Timothy 1:12-15. I know in Whom I have believed. I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him. I hold fast to His Word in faith and love in Christ Jesus. I guard and keep with the greatest respect that which has been committed to me by the help of the Holy Spirit Who dwells in me forever.
God’s power will keep us, take care of us, be more than enough to do what is necessary to live a victorious life while we are here on this earth. In Psalm 121:7,8 we read: The Lord will keep, preserve you from all evil; He will keep your life. The Lord will keep, preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. He is the One Who will protect us from our enemy, the devil and all of his demonic forces. The Lord is the One Who will watch over us as we go about our day’s activities. He is the One Who will keep our life. He gave His life so that our life may be free from harm of any kind. What a God we serve!
In the Old Testament, in Jacob’s dream at Bethel, in Genesis 28:10-15, God made a promise to Jacob in v. 15 that He would be with him and keep him, watch over him with care, take notice of him wherever he went. If God made that promise in the Old Covenant, how much more does He promise us in the New Covenant since Jesus came! He is with us. He never forsakes us or leaves us. He is always right there all the time.
In Proverbs 3:26 in the Amplified Bible we see that the Lord is our confidence, firm and strong. He will keep our foot from being caught in a trap or hidden danger. We can have confidence in God. We can have total faith in Him keeping us from danger. He will reveal to us anything that is hidden from us. The Holy Spirit came to show us things to come, to reveal to us the future. He is the revealer of God to us as God’s children. It is the Holy Spirit Who brings the hidden things to the surface so that they are out in the Light of God, out in the open. There is nothing that will be hidden from you when you are walking with Him.
In Isaiah 26:3 we are told that the Lord will keep us in perfect peace as our minds are kept on Him, stayed on Him, committed to Him. We can trust Him forever. He doesn’t change. He is forever our Jehovah, our covenant keeper. He keeps covenant with us forever. He is our strength, our rock, as we talked about in a previous Pearls of Wisdom.
In the New Testament in Philippians 4:7 we are told that the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. God’s peace will keep us. Of course, there is a preamble to that in verse 6. We are not to fret or worry or have anxiety about anything. Instead, we are to be thankful at all times, with a heart of gratitude. If you are saying that it is not possible to be worry free, the Lord would not have had that verse in there if it were not possible. Whatever He says we can do, we can do.
Then we have that wonderful scripture in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and 24 which states that the God of Peace Himself will sanctify us totally, completely, wholly. He has the keeping power to preserve our spirits, souls, and bodies completely blameless. That is powerful right there. Do you know what the word blameless means? It means to be without fault. Now how is that possible? Remember the blood of Jesus. His blood washes away all sin, all fault, all guilt. And then verse 24 tells us that God is faithful to fulfill His call and keep us. What promises these are!
And I love 2 Thessalonians 3:3. The Lord is faithful. He will establish and strengthen us. He will set us on a firm foundation and keep us, guard us from the evil one. He is ever on watch, guarding us, keeping us, preserving us. He is our Keeper.
We finish with 2 Timothy 1:12-15. I know in Whom I have believed. I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him. I hold fast to His Word in faith and love in Christ Jesus. I guard and keep with the greatest respect that which has been committed to me by the help of the Holy Spirit Who dwells in me forever.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 4:14 PM
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