Being Successful The Shield of Success

Being Successful

The Shield of Success 

He holds success in store for the upright,

He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless   Proverbs 2:7

Being blameless and upright does not mean you will not be attacked

Look at Job - Look at Jesus

When you and I live out the teachings of God we will need protection

We will need a shield 

God promises to shield us when we live by faith in His teachings

We need to rely on the shield of the Lord to be successful

The Shield of Success 

There are many types of shields.

Most of the time we think of a shield of metal

held up by the arm and used in battle.

When working around machinery where sparks and

objects fly, you are going to want to wear a face shield.

When you get in your car you use a windshield.

The electric wires in your home are

shielded to protect you from shock.

Shields are for protection.

If you have a car, home, or business you need asset

protection insurance to shield you and your family.

Sticks and stones can break the

bones and words can crush the heart.

To be successful in life you need a shield –

 you need protection.

Danger is around every corner.

Your spirit, soul, and body are vulnerable.

In Proverbs 2, the fear of the Lord gives us

wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and insight

And…

He holds success in store for the upright,

He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless

  When we put into practice the wisdom, knowledge,

understanding and insight we receive from

Him we become upright and blameless.

God says He will protect the

upright and blameless like a shield.

Trusting in the wisdom of God can make you vulnerable.

Therefore, it takes the shield of faith to believe

His wisdom is the best way to live life.

It is hard not to lean on our own understanding

and in all our ways acknowledge His

teachings and instructions for life.

Maybe that is why God repeats over and over

again His promise to be our shield in life.

Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him,

and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

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Psalm 18:2

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock,

in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,

"Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great."

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Deuteronomy 33:29

"Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,

Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty!

So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places."

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Psalm 33:20

Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

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Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory;

No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

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Psalm 115:9

O Israel, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield.

Trust In God!

God Helps

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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Psalm 89:18

For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

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Psalm 3:3

But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

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Being blameless and upright does

not mean you will not be attacked.

Look at Job - Look at Jesus

When you and I live out the teachings of

God we will need protection.

We will need a shield.

 

God promises to shield us when

we live by faith in His teachings.

We need to rely on the shield

of the Lord to be successful.

Scripture Reading

Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you accept my words

and store up my commands within you,

2 turning your ear to wisdom

and applying your heart to understanding—

3 indeed, if you call out for insight

and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver

and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD

and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He holds success in store for the upright,

he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

8 for he guards the course of the just

and protects the way of his faithful ones.

9 Then you will understand what is right and just

and fair—every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11 Discretion will protect you,

and understanding will guard you.

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,

from men whose words are perverse,

13 who have left the straight paths

to walk in dark ways,

14 who delight in doing wrong

and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

15 whose paths are crooked

and who are devious in their ways.

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,

from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

17 who has left the partner of her youth

and ignored the covenant she made before God.[fn]

18 Surely her house leads down to death

and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

19 None who go to her return

or attain the paths of life.

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright will live in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it;

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the unfaithful will be torn from it.