Praise to the KEEPER of Our Soul
“The Lord is your keeper…
The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.”
I need a keeper. Someone to watch out for me and over me. Why? Because sometimes I don’t know the right path to take. Sometimes I start to let my emotions run around like a cat let out of a bag. I need a keeper with a capital K. And, you know what? I have One and so do you if you’re a Christian.
Isn’t it nice, no…more like wonderful, to think on the fact that we have a Keeper? And, our Heavenly Keeper isn’t dozing on a puffy cloud. Psalm 121:3-4 says, “He who keeps you will not slumber. He who keeps Israel (and we’re grafted into Israel) will neither slumber or sleep.” In other words, our Soul Keeper is alert and watching out for us; guarding, preserving, and protecting us. So, of all the people in the world to whom you could entrust your soul, who more wonderful than our Heavenly Father?
And, here’s something to think about. Isaiah wrote, “It is You who have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.”* Isn’t that a marvelous visual? God casts all our sins behind Him and keeps our souls from the pit of nothingness. I’m jumping up and down in my spirit over that one. The more time we spend with Him learning His ways, the more filled we are; guarded and protected from the pit of nothingness.
Will we ever have bad things happen? Yes, because we live in a sinful world. But we aren’t destined today or for eternity to a pit of nothingness. And, even on our worst day, we have no idea what evil our Father has kept from us. So, today and every day, we can have gratitude to our Heaven Father for keeping our souls.
Heavenly Father, Soul Keeper, we praise You for protecting us from eternal evil and the pit of nothingness. Thank You, Lord.
*Isaiah 38:17