Psalms 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
How many times are we assailed by bad or vain thoughts? How many times are we tempted with feelings of judgment, revenge, lust, covetousness, complaint, depression, selfishness, and pride? Jesus told us that all these negative feelings come from our hearts (Matthew 15;19); and that is why King Solomon told us Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23).
Beloved, these are the enemies of our soul. They do more damage than any terrorist. The terrorist will harm our body, but these evil concepts will harm our soul (Matthew 10:28). Our governments can deploy anti-ballistic missiles, magnetic shields and radar protections, but they will never protect us against the real enemy of our soul. Our scientists can develop all sorts of intelligence gathering systems, they will never be able to create something that will protect us from our real enemy: ourselves.
Let us today expose this relentless enemy. Let us recognize him when he raises his ugly face, and not be foolish enough to think that we can fight him. Let us rather take our refuge and place our hope in the infallible standards of the Words of truth. Let us memorize it, and quote it to him out loud like Jesus did in the day of temptation in the desert (Matthew 4:1-11), and see him vanish away. Even David who was as strong and courageous as he was noble, David who was one of the greatest warriors the world has ever known, he knew that the true protection of his heart laid only within the hiding place of the Word of God.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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