Keeper

The Lord will keep you from all evil;

he will keep your life.

The Lord will keep

your going out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalm 121:7-8

Eight times in eight verses this psalm emphasizes the Lord’s protection with the word “keep”. God keeps His people. None are lost. None are unsafe. The Lord’s protection of His people is non-stop. God doesn’t sleep on the job, nor does He look away from us (Psalm 121:3-4).

When God keeps us, He provides protective care. He shades us from heat that could wither us (Psalm 121:5-6). He will protect us from the evil that Satan has planned against us (Psalm 121:7). God will spare our lives from what the enemy wants to use to destroy us (Psalm 121:7).

God keeps us safe in our daily business and guards our travels by His grace (Psalm 121:8). At every level: day or night, sun or shade, rain or shine, good or evil, at home or on a journey, the LORD will protect those who are His own. This provides security and hope for us no matter what we may face.

In the gospel we have the deepest protection of all. Jesus saves us from evil and the worst that sin can do to us by delivering us from death’s sting and saving us from eternal punishment. Jesus is our cooling shade. Jesus has beaten hell and all the Devil’s schemes. Jesus is with us every day and His grace fills each hour. Jesus sends us into each day and throughout the world with His saving gospel message. Thank God... Jesus is our keeper!