After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward (Gen. 15:1).
God's friend had just been delivered in a great battle against four kings, but he was to face other dangers just ahead. He needed a shield, and he had the very best, for God said to him, "I am thy shield."
In our travels among the Arabs we discovered that they do not call their ancestor Abram or Abraham, but "The Friend." Why was he called the friend of God? For our answer we read James 2:23: "Abraham believed God...: and he was called the Friend of God."
God becomes "a shield unto them that put their trust in him" (Prov. 30:5). In ancient times the man without a shield was soon done to death in battle by the weapons of his enemy. In those days there was the small shield and the great shield. God is the great shield to all who put their trust in Him, as did Abraham. There are many missiles of the enemy of souls that cannot be dodged, so our only protection is a shield; and God is that shield. His protecting providences are our shield here and our reward here and hereafter.
When Felix of Nola was hotly pursued by desperate murderers, he took refuge in a cave, and almost instantly spiders wove their webs over its entrance. Seeing this, the murderers who came along a few minutes later passed by. Afterwards this man of God said, "Where God is not, a wall is but a spider's web. Where God is, a spider's web is a wall."
It was true in Abraham's day, and it is true now, that God "is a shield unto them that put their trust in him."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "The Lord is my rock,...in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence" (2 Sam. 22:2, 3).
God's friend had just been delivered in a great battle against four kings, but he was to face other dangers just ahead. He needed a shield, and he had the very best, for God said to him, "I am thy shield."
In our travels among the Arabs we discovered that they do not call their ancestor Abram or Abraham, but "The Friend." Why was he called the friend of God? For our answer we read James 2:23: "Abraham believed God...: and he was called the Friend of God."
God becomes "a shield unto them that put their trust in him" (Prov. 30:5). In ancient times the man without a shield was soon done to death in battle by the weapons of his enemy. In those days there was the small shield and the great shield. God is the great shield to all who put their trust in Him, as did Abraham. There are many missiles of the enemy of souls that cannot be dodged, so our only protection is a shield; and God is that shield. His protecting providences are our shield here and our reward here and hereafter.
When Felix of Nola was hotly pursued by desperate murderers, he took refuge in a cave, and almost instantly spiders wove their webs over its entrance. Seeing this, the murderers who came along a few minutes later passed by. Afterwards this man of God said, "Where God is not, a wall is but a spider's web. Where God is, a spider's web is a wall."
It was true in Abraham's day, and it is true now, that God "is a shield unto them that put their trust in him."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "The Lord is my rock,...in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence" (2 Sam. 22:2, 3).
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