God, thank You for protecting me.
At church, the words were, “Thank You, God, for concealing me.” The more I reflect on the sermon, the more I see how true this is in my own life. It’s strange—I’ve been thinking about that message all week. You’d think I would have moved on by now, but something about preaching a sermon and seeing people engage with it keeps my mind turning.
God protects us. Even when it doesn’t look the way we expect. Even when we feel exposed or vulnerable, God is still our refuge. There have been times I prayed for protection from pain, only to find that God didn’t remove the hardship, but walked with me through it. And yet, looking back, I see His presence was the very thing that kept me from falling apart.
So often, we want protection to mean that God builds a wall around us—shielding us from sickness, heartbreak, loss, or struggle. But God isn’t really in the business of building walls. He’s in the business of relationships. His protection isn’t just about keeping us from harm—it’s about walking with us through it.
God’s protection is not always about preventing the storm, but about carrying us through it.
Can you think of a time when God truly protected you, even though you wished He had done it differently?
Music Devotional of the Week
Like many of us, the writer of Psalm 27 knows trouble, as does Jesus when he is confronted by the Pharisees attempting to scare him into being quiet or, at the very least, getting out of town (Luke 13:31). Yet both the psalmist and Jesus do an odd thing when faced with threats: they stay the course. They refuse to be swallowed up and swayed by fear. Instead, they root themselves in God, whose steadfast love conceals and protects, whose love keeps their heads above water. As you listen to Avril Lavigne’s “Head Above Water,” consider the storms in your life that you need God to protect you and sustain you through. Do you trust that God will take care of you through those storms?
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