This text introduces us to one of our weapons, called His truth. The Bible tells us that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. The Bible also tells us that Jesus is the word of God and the word of God is His truth. So what this means In essence is that the word of God shall be our shield and our buckler.
Just like a mother hen, he uses his wings and his feathers to create a covering, a shield for his little ones so that whatever comes from the outside will see him and not see his young ones. Do I need to tell you how powerful that is already?
That is why fear is dangerous; it doesn’t look like it can entrap you and stop you from your goals or like it can steal your faith or affect your ability to fulfill your purpose and your destiny in God. It doesn’t look like that but it ends up doing just that.
Your trust determines your peace. Who are you trusting? What are you trusting? This is very important if you want to be able to overcome your fears and your anxiety because some of us get anxious when the thing we trust disappoints us; we become fearful.
In African culture, most of our beliefs or knowledge of God is inherited from our parents. Mine too. I was raised in a family where serving God was not your choice to make, it was not an option. Faith was something you just had to do, whether you knew how. And for a long time, I went to church, but I didn’t have an intimate or personal relationship with God. But thank God that I at least had a little foundation from my parents, because that was what I needed to go from seeing Him as their God to seeing Him as my God. I got to a point in my life where I started to see God as my God, not just as my parents’ God.
What do you say of God? You might be wondering why what you say about the Lord is important but it is. What you say is important, period. Our words are powerful. It has the power of life and death; It has creative power. It not only shapes your perception but your reality.
To be in/under someone’s shadow can mean a couple of things. But in this context, it means to be living under the influence, track record, history, achievement, and reputation of that person.
