Chapter 5: A Mighty Fortress Is My God
"His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark." Psalm 91:4b
When we make mistakes it is easy for us to assume that we in the process of making those mistakes also lost God's protection. And there are times when we do choose to walk out from behind God's shield...but this verse promises us that it is not our faithfulness or goodness that shields us, but God's faithfulness! Do you get that? God is a shield and and tower of defense for us not because of what we do, but because of who and how He is. He is always there to defend us and be a shield to us, it is up to us to decide to run back behind the shield God provides, or to continue to stand on our own with no protection at all. Peggy Joyce points out in this chapter that this verse gives us a double protection...and I just love it! Not only does it promise that God (because of His great faithfulness, not ours) will protect us and cover us like a shield, but it also says that God is a bulwark! "A bulwark is a tower built along the city wall from which defenders can shoot arrows, and hurl large stones at the enemy." - Nelson's Bible Dictionary. So God is the strong tower that looks out, to warn of coming offenders and attacks, and also fights the fight for us as, while we gather in the protection found behind His shield! God is so good!!
