BACKUP

Have you ever heard the phrase “I’ve got your back?” Many of us need to know someone is watching out for us.  In Medieval times, soldiers would often fight back-to-back in order to protect one another. They often had a shield or breastplate to protect their vital organs from the front, but their backs were mostly exposed and vulnerable to enemy attack.

I myself am blessed with a wonderful family that has my back. I also have a few close friends that I know are there when the battles rage.  But above all that, God is watching over me.  It doesn’t matter what I face, he is there to protect me.

Because we don’t have eyes in the back of our heads it is hard to see an attack coming sometimes.  We can get distracted and before we know it, the enemy has launched an assault. But God who sees everything will not allow us to be overtaken as long as we are obedient.

Police often call for backup when entering a dangerous situation. This means there is someone else there to watch and make sure they get to go home that night. Without backup they could easily be outnumbered by those doing evil. There is safety in numbers. This is why we need to cover each other always with prayer.  The enemy doesn’t have a chance when we watch out for one another.

Ecclesiastes 4:9  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.  Eccl 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

I am glad to know that God has my back. He is my strength, my source, my friend, my comfort, the lifter of my moods, my rock, my salvation and so much more. But I know that no matter what, the Lord has my back.

Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

If you have given your life to him, that makes him responsible to have your back too.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS