Our Protector and Rewarder.

Let me ask you today, who rewards and protects you? Who favors you? I remember a gentleman who was a member of a church I pastored some years back. Having faithfully served the congregation as an Elder, he stopped attending church. He was not sick or shut-in, and still went about the community. Meeting him on the streets one day I asked him why he had stopped attending church. His response was that he had spent all his time working for the church and it was about time the church did something for him. He was expecting a reward from the congregation. That was what he had been working for all along. Again I ask you, who rewards and protects you? Is it man or is it God. Do you serve people in order to be recognized and rewarded by humankind? Or do you serve people because of your relationship with God?

Abraham was assured that there was no need to fear reprisals by the defeated kings. God was his protector. There was also no need to worry about envy on the part of his neighbors. Great faith is always bombarded with many fears, but God’s assurance can calm our greatest fears. God knows our worries and seeks to lay them to rest. I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. Ps. 31: 7. God’s will is that regardless of our circumstances, we remain unafraid as we trust in God’s protection and blessings. Let the sinners fear, but let the righteous be glad and rejoice in the Lord our shield and protector.

Till next Tuesday, be blessed!