Sabbath, April 12, 2008
Psalm 121:5-8
The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore. (ESV)
by Linda Harris
Legends persist that the moon affects people’s behavior. The word lunatic relates to lunar or the phases of the moon. Perhaps this is what the psalmist meant by “the moon [will not harm you] by night” (121:7, NIV). Superstition can’t trump God’s protection.
Does verse 8 mean that no harm will ever come to believers? Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33, NIV). Troubles may come, but God’s protection keeps evil from overcoming believers. Instead of asking “Why?” when trials come, rejoice in God’s protection and ask, “What does God want me to learn from this?”
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
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