Protected, Kept, Guarded Forever
As we look at our last verses in our study, we remember that SIX times in this psalm the same word for WATCHMAN is used ( v.3, v.4, v. 5, v. 7 x 2, v. 8). God wants us to know without a doubt that He is our WATCHMAN. We see “watchman” three of those times in Psalm 121:7-8 New American Standard Bible (I italized the words for “watchman”):
The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.
I am going to admit that I really wrestled with this verse. That word evil H7451 means, “evil, adversity, affliction, calamity.” Will God really protect us from all evil? It depends on our perspective. If we look at this verse from a human perspective, then, No, He will not, but if we look at this verse from God’s perspective, then, Yes, He will. You see, God has given us some promises, and we know that He will keep them. We know that God is just and He will not allow any evil to go unpunished (2 Thessalonians 1:6-8). We know that in the end God will right every wrong done to us, and in that way, God is protecting us from all evil (read Revelation for some insight on this point).
God has not deceived us. He has already told us that we will have difficulties here on earth, that evil will touch us. We read in Psalm 34: 19 NASB:
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
When God makes a promise, to Him it is already done (1 Corinthians 1:20). So although we face afflications in our life here on earth, we know that God has an eternal plan to deliver us from every evil that we have faced. In our eyes, that deliverance is in the future, but in God’s eyes, that deliverance is already accomplished, because Jesus already paid the price for it on the cross. So though we are touched by evil while here in our earthly bodies, that evil will be wiped away for all eternity when we are in our heavenly bodies. God will even use the evil that has touched us for our good, as we see in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NASB:
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
From His perspective, God calls our afflictions here light, but they do not always feel light to me! Yet, according to this verse, that light affliction also accomplishes a purpose. It produces an eternal weight of glory for us! I want that, don’t you? And that glory is far beyond all comparison. God knows that something good is coming for us, if we just wait on Him, if we just trust in Him, and He will work everything out in the end.
And GOD IS WITH US in our trials, as we face the evil in the world, promising that He will KEEP OUR SOUL (v.7). Keep is that word for Watchman. He guards our soul. Our bodies will fade away, but our souls, spirits, and very life are eternal. God is more interested in our eternal destiny than in our earthly comfort.
As we travel through this journey called life, God watches over us as we come and go. The last few verses of Psalm 121 are the conclusion of this psalm. God promises us the He will be our WATCHMEN both now and forever. What a promise! To have the God of the universe watching over us, guarding us, keeping our soul NOW AND FOREVER is such a comfort.
So moms, remember that
GOD IS YOUR WATCHMAN, GUARDING AND KEEPING YOUR SOUL BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.
In His Love,
Suzanne
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