Beloved Names of God ....Shield

Shield

"For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous;

with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield."

Psalm 5:12

 

• Name of God the Father
• God is referred to as being or providing a "Shield" twenty-one times in the KJV.
• A shield is a tool of protection, typically in battle.
• King David must have been having a hard time with double-dealers. In Psalm 5, he prays that God will allow deceitful, evil people to fall by their own misdeeds and that God will protect those who are walking the straight and narrow path as if with a shield.

The verse is also a statement of Kind David's devotion, and a call for those who share it to rejoice in the protection of the Lord.

Baylor University once carried out a survey on attitudes towards religion. In this seemingly increasingly secular world, more than half the adults surveyed felt they had been protected by angels at some time in their lives. Even more amazingly, 20 percent of those who claimed no religion felt they had been similarly protected.

 

Despite the worlds denials, God is still at work. In many ways, He remains a Shield for the righteous.