Protection.

What is the cost of protection?


For a country, it may be billions of dollars. For your car, a coat of wax may handle it. For the place you live, it's probably rows of overlapping shingles that deflect the rain and shrug off the snow. 


Shingles protect everything beneath them, but look at the plywood they're attached to. Nails used to fasten down the shingles puncture and splinter wood. 


Are the shingles doing their job of protecting the wood? Yes - but at a cost.


Protection is never free. It always costs something. 
If you love and follow God he is with you. He dwells in your in the person of the Holy Spirit. But that protection comes at a cost. 


1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

You are protected. 

Shelter.

Psalm 27:5

For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

We often have our ups and downs in our relationship with peers, family, relatives, etc. God's always been there for you no matter how many times you might have doubted him.

Whenever you feel troubled our sick do you have something that you always turn to? We should learn to turn to God whenever we are feeling troubled or down. Imagine his arm's wrapping around you. He's holding you, protecting you, surrounding you, covering you with love. No matter what you do or where you go, God will be with you. He's your shelter.

Protection.

It was just another day. Waking up, brushing my teeth, getting dressed, and down to breakfast. I thought it would be just another day. But once we got into the car and started driving on Bayview we realized that there was A WHOLE LOT of traffic. There was no way that I would be at school on time. For sure I would be late. As we traveled along Bayview we tried listening to the radio for news updates but nothing was said. It usually takes us around 7 minutes to get to school and today it took us a whole lot longer, it took us about 20 minutes to get to school.

Of course we weren’t expecting anything that would happen to us. Once we got to the intersection before my school we say 3 cars that had gotten into an accident. The middle car was DESTROYED. The hood was bent up and the truck was basically gone. The police, cars, and drivers / passengers were all pulled up on the loop that lead into my school.

As I saw the police writing down information I thought to myself, “What if that was me.” I realized that God’s protection plays such an important part in our lives. We would never expect a car accident to happen but, it does. We don’t know when or where but somehow one can happen.

His hand protects us every step that we take. From as simple as walking across the street, He is there to hold us close and protect us from the drivers. He guides us every step of the way and we have to be thankful for that. He keeps us safe 24/7.