Good Morning Friends! Psalms 33:20 “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield.” The “soul” is our mind, emotions and will. It is the control center and the staging area of all our actions. This is where we sort through information that comes to us and decisions relative to that information are made. David exhorts us to wait on the Lord and to take no action on the information we have until the LORD has spoken. David said, “ . . . He is our help . . .” The word “help” means, “To help, to support, to succor.” If we need support, we will have it, though there are times we must wait. If we wait, we will always have help. When we are wounded, the LORD comes to dress our wounds (Isaiah 61:3). If we need assistance, God will come with His comfort and aid. God is also our “shield.” The basic idea in this word is “to cover over and to shield from danger.” This is good to know since we are told in I Peter 5:8 that Satan is as a roaring lion who is walking about seeking whom he may devour. I have heard preachers say that the Lord has pulled Satan’s teeth and all he can do is roar and gum us! That is not exactly true. The words “he may devour” means, “to drink down, swallow down.” It is an aorist active subjunctive verb. This means that Satan wants to “Swallow us down with one gulp!” Now, do you really care to be swimming in the digestive juices of a lion?
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:48:36 +0000
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