“The Lord will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life…” Psalm 121:7
It can feel like we’re losing our grip when we’re weary. Sometimes, we actually are. Tired hands can tremble and fingers can forget to hold on. We know what it’s like to not be able to keep a firm grasp, or keep track, or keep up. We know what it’s like to struggle to keep hold of even our faith, as we feel too tired to pray, too worn out to trust, too weak to persevere in Christ.
But we are cared for by a God who does what we can’t. Nothing slips through His fingers. No one falls out of His hands. God holds us, and He keeps us.
We see this in the story of the Israelites who sang this Psalm on their way to worship God. Time after time, they let go of the good commands God gave them. They cast aside their relationship with Him, turning away. They dismissed Him, disobeyed Him, and broke their vows to Him. Again and again, He miraculously brought them back to Himself, and again and again, they gave Him up.
When God, still keeping His covenant with them, sent His own son to save them, they rejected Him too. They drove nails through His hands, and still, He held onto them, dying for them and rising again.
Jesus was able to say that “not one was lost” of the people God had chosen for Him to save (John 17:12). He even, reaching through the rejection, took hold of many who were not Israelites, making the way for people from all nations to become His children.
This is the God who keeps us, and He hasn’t loosened His grip over time: “If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself” (2 Timothy 2:13).
What stories of God keeping His people are your favorites?
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