David prayed, "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust." (Psalm 16:1). The Hebrew word that David uses for preserve in this verse is packed with meaning. It says, in essence, “Put a hedge around me, a wall of protective thorns. Guard me and keep me. Observe my every move, all my comings and goings.”
David fully believed that God preserved the righteous. This was born out of personal experience as God preserved him from the lion and the bear, preserved him from Goliath and later from King Saul. David ,as a man of war who fought for the promises of God made to him and to Israel, depended on God’s preserving power. David declares in Psalms 121:
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills —From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps IsraelShall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming inFrom this time forth, and even forevermore.
We serve the God who made heaven and earth. He is God of all power, and His eyes are always on us day or night to preserve us from evil in this present time and even forever. He does that because of His great love for us and to accomplish His purposes in us. Moses stated in Deut 6:23-25, “Then He (God) brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers. And the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.” God raised up Moses to deliver Israel out of bondage and to bring them into the land of promise. God preserved Israel through their wanderings in the wilderness and preserved them as they went to war to lay claim to God’s promises for them.
God brings us out of one place and preserves us to bring us into what He has purposed for us. We may have to war to enter into and lay claim to what God has for us, but God has promised to preserve us and enable us through the process. Maybe God has given you some promises, but as you have moved forward in faith to lay claim to them, all hell seems to be breaking loose. Know today, the “Lord is your keeper…. The Lord will preserve your soul” as you trust in Him.
Andy Clark
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