Godliness Ensures Protection
First of all,
godliness will ensure protection. If we’re God’s children, we belong to Him!
And He will protect us. First Corinthians 6:19 says, “…Your body is the
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temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own.” You
don’t belong to yourself. You’re not your own. You were bought with a price;
you belong to God. Since we belong to God, then we ought to expect Him to take
care of us. As I said, godliness ensures protection.
Now that doesn’t mean that we can act
foolishly and think we’ll be automatically protected. We must still live godly
lives, wisely choosing to serve God each day .That’s what it means to be
godly—to live for God and serve Him wholeheartedly. There’s reward or profit
for living a godly life. Living for God will affect you in every way, including
in the realm of protection.
The Lord didn’t
say the going is always going to be good. In fact, the Word of God says that
the afflictions of the righteous are many (Ps. 34:19). The word translated
afflictions is referring to troubles and trials.
In Psalm 91:15,
God said He would be with us in trouble. If you are never going to have any
trouble, why would God say He’d be with you in trouble? No, serving God doesn’t
mean you’re never going to have any trouble.
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Some people get
the idea if you live by faith, you just sort of float through life on flowery
beds of ease. They think you’ll never have any persecution, opposition, or
trouble. They get the idea that the blessings of protection, promotion, and
prosperity will fall on them like ripe cherries off a tree. But that’s not what
the Bible said.
Psalm 34:19 says, “Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Godliness ensures
divine protection! That simply means God will see you through!
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