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Good morning we're praying the Bible again here in Psalm 18 and I think I read this last time but I'm going to read verses 35 and 36 and my intention is just to pray those two verses today because I just I feel that these are very important. You have also given me the shield of your salvation your right hand has held me up your gentleness has made me great you enlarge my path under me so my feet did not slip. Heavenly Father the shield of your salvation the the salvation that we enjoy in Jesus Christ is truly a shield and so many things come to mind the shield against the uncertainty of the future the uncertainty of eternity. Lord God if we do not embrace Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior people who do not do that have no certainty whatsoever. They have thoughts of what might be in store for them after death but they don't they don't know. They have thoughts about what this life is for but they really don't know. The shield of your salvation Lord we are protected from not only those kinds of distressing thoughts but we are protected in every way for the shield of salvation in a sense transforms every event that we encounter because in Jesus Christ the worst things that happen to us are there in a means as a means I should say of making us more like Jesus Christ. Lord yes you do you bless us you watch over us you shield us from situations that are detrimental to us both physically emotionally and spiritually or I should say all three of those things Lord God there's no question about that that you do take care of us in that fashion but I'm thinking now Lord about how the shield of salvation shields us from the consequences of the detrimental consequences that we might otherwise experience. Now granted if we've sinned Lord God we're going to to pay a price for that we're going to have things go wrong in life if we do the wrong thing but the shield of your salvation renders everything that we encounter a positive in the sense that it is used all things used by you to make us more like Jesus Christ and you hold us up by your right hand you'll hold us up with favor those who are at your right hand which is all of us are those who have your special favor and it is Jesus ultimately who is at your right hand and we are found in him and so we have your special favor as well your shield of salvation your favor of hub holiness on your right hand Lord God your gentleness has made us great it isn't anything that we do it is your wonder wonderful and beautiful and unbelievable really gentleness of love for us your gentleness has made us great I'm thinking about how other translations and other parts of the scripture but how you stoop down to lift us up is another way of putting this and Lord and I pray Lord that we would recognize that we don't deserve your favor but we have it and we enjoy that special privilege in Jesus Christ Lord you enlarge our path under us and our feet do not slip in other words you give us a pathway to walk that is purposeful is meaningful is full of joy full of hope Lord God that you lead us through this life in such a way that there is I guess I say a clarity of mind a clarity of thought the clarity of purpose Lord and so I pray your blessings on us as we are experiencing your shield of salvation as we experience your favor as you hold us up and strengthen us as you enlarge the way beneath us that the path beneath us beneath us that the life that we live is is one of understanding and and clarity Lord God and that our feet would not slip so bless us this day walk with us I pray in a very tangible and a real way that your spirit would rest upon us we would feel your presence feel your love we ask this in Jesus name Amen