“But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head” Psalm 3:3 I have been thinking about God being our shield. The word “shield” also means to protect, guard, defend…

“But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head” Psalm 3:3

I have been thinking about God being our shield. The word “shield” also means to protect, guard, defend, shelter, and screen. God protects us from harm’s way, guards us from danger, defends us against accusations, shelters us when we are weak, and screens everything that comes our way. Nothing can touch us until it goes through God’s screening process first.

Many of us have had the scary experience of a rock hitting our windshield. The windshield protected us from being hurt. Our homes shelter us from the elements of nature — rain, snow, extreme heat, and cold. But there is no shelter, no protector, like God Himself. The verse Deuteronomy 33:27 is a wonderful comfort to me: “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”