[Music] in a world experiencing uncertainty and so many different seen and unseen dangers of every kind it's comforting to know that god has promised to protect his children [Music] life is not a playground but it is a battleground however we must always know and hold the divine assurance that we have been given by god that god is watching over us and is protecting us at all times what you need to know first and foremost is that everything that is valuable is protected whether you believe it or not you are valuable to god you can reject
this truth but it does not negate the fact it does not negate the fact that you are precious to god and for this very reason whilst you're still on earth god has put measures in place to ensure your protection so today i'm going to look at six different ways god protects you as his child firstly god protects you by his constant surveillance nothing on this earth happens outside of the field of sight of god in actuality nothing happens in this universe outside his scope of vision second chronicles 16 9 for the eyes of the lord
run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him how does this make you feel to know that god is watching you how does it make you feel does it make you feel scared and nervous at the fact that god is watching you or does it give you an additional level of peace [Music] knowing that you're under the constant watch of a loving god who has nothing but your best interest in his heart [Music] so let me ask the question again how does this
make you feel knowing that god is watching over you does it make you nervous and scared or does it give you an additional level of peace i guess it comes down to your perception of god if you view god as a cosmic tyrant who is looking for you to fall short of the standard of the word of god so he can crush you with his right hand then yes i would be nervous yes i would be scared but if your perception of god is that he's a loving god who sent his only begotten son to
die for your sins and your transgressions because he knew you could never bridge the gap of sin so his only begotten son who was perfect in holiness perfect in righteousness perfectly perfect had to bridge the gap of sin so that you may have eternal life if your perception is of this loving god yes you will receive another level of peace knowing that god is watching over you even if your enemies are plotting and scheming against you god is there on your behalf to ensure their plan backfires remember in psalm 23 verse 5 it states that
god will prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies change your perception of god god is not against you god is for you god is for you romans 8 31 what shall we then say to these things if god before us who can be against us change your perception of god god is not out to get you believe me if god was out to get you he would have got you years ago god is on your side i'm sorry to keep repeating this statement but this needs to penetrate your spirit god is
on your side and he's watching over you not to get you but he's watching over you to protect you secondly in god's arsenal of protection he has an innumerable number of angels at his disposal ready to be deployed for your defenses in the bible there are countless number of narratives that depict this protection a perfect example of this is seen in 2nd kings chapter 6 verse 17 and elisha prayed open his eyes lord so that he may see then the lord opened the servants eyes and he looked and saw the hills were full of horses
and chariots of fire all around elijah in this situation elisha and his servant kehazy were surrounded by an army of men gehazi was gripped with fear not knowing the great army of the lord surrounding him and elijah it was only after elisha prayed that he saw the vast army of heaven around him that same protection belongs to us today you literally have an army of angels watching over you so the next time when the chips are down when you're feeling afraid remember that an army of angels is watching over you ready ready at the beck
and call of the lord to come rescue you in whatever situation you may find yourself in even in today's day and era there are so many personal testimonies by children of god of miraculous escapes by angelic means which defy all rationale and all human explanation psalms 91 verse 11 for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways you don't have to live a fearful and limited life believe that god loves you and that his angels walk with you day by day and they are there to watch over you
the third and fourth way god protects us is by building hedges of protection around his people like what we read in the book of job the devil could not do anything to harm job because there was a hedge of protection surrounding him we therefore can conclude god puts a hedge of protection around his saints for protection so that the enemy cannot reach you just like in psalms 125 2 as the mountains are around jerusalem so the lord is around his people from henceforth even forever you are surrounded don't ever have any doubts about it you
are surrounded by a hedge of protection in the bible that is a statement of facts not opinion but fact if we look more closely at the story of job there are three great truths we learn from the devil's statement in job chapter 1 verse 10. the devil says you have made a hedge around him and his house and all he has on every side we learn the following that firstly god has a hedge around him personally therefore god has a hedge around you as an individual secondly we learned that god had a hedge of protection
around job's family therefore god has a hedge of protection around your family thirdly we learned that god had a hedge of protection around job's finances and his property and all his endeavors therefore god has a hedge of protection around your finances your properties and all your endeavors so we can live with the comfort and the peace of knowing that that same protection which is upon job is upon us we cannot see these heads of protection around us but they are there god does not leave his children exposed because we know that the enemy comes to
do only three things to steal kill and destroy if god's hedge of protection was not upon us the enemy would have done all those three things to us already but thank god for his hedge of protection the fifth way god protects us is through the holy spirit the bible teaches us that as many are led by the spirit of god they are the children of god therefore when the holy spirit leads us as his children he guides us to go to the right places at the right time to do the right thing at the right
time therefore our protection is in the guidance of the holy spirit i think at one point or another we have all experienced an inner voice telling us not to go somewhere and without us knowing that was the holy spirit guiding us and leading us in the spirit if you think back in your life there have been incidences you have experienced being led by the spirit at points you think it's just a weird feeling you'd have telling you not to go to a location or telling you not to do this or telling you not to do
that but you could never put your finger on it and in actuality it was the holy spirit leading you the holy spirit guides us and protects us in more ways than we could ever imagine i genuinely believe that if we could see all the times the holy spirit has protected us has guided us out of so many bad situations we would generally not want to leave our house this is why we should pray to the lord to give us the grace to hear and to understand and and most importantly to obey the holy spirit when
he leads us [Music] the sixth way god protects you is through the blood of jesus the blood of jesus is the only way you can receive redemption and be spared from the wrath of god you are cleansed and justified and forgiven by the blood of jesus the blood of jesus holds power and authority the blood of jesus has the ability to command and control because it is supreme you see you could read the whole bible you could pray 50 times a day seven days a week but without the blood of jesus there is no power
without the application of the blood of jesus there is no authority without the power of the blood of jesus you cannot defend yourself against the enemy revelations 12 verse 11 says and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony they overcame they overcame how did they overcome by the blood of the lamb by the blood they overcame by the blood of the lamb jesus has already won the battle he has already overcome everything that can come your way at calvary he paid all not some but all what does
john 16 verse 33 say the things i have spoken to you that in me you may have peace in the world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer i have overcome the world you see the blood of the lamb is a christian secret of victory but you need to apply it you need to apply the blood of jesus on your life no one can do it for you it is your obligation your responsibility and your duty to apply the blood of jesus over your own life now i'm not talking to you about applying
the blood of jesus physically but spiritually in exodus the children of israel were told to apply the blood on their doorposts so that when the plague came it would pass over them it wouldn't touch them and that is what you need to do we must apply the blood of jesus so that whatever may come to harm us will pass over us because when it sees the blood of jesus whatever it is it will know that this is a child of god i must leave them alone you see the blood of jesus protects us there is
power in the blood of jesus now imagine if the children of israel had not applied the blood of jesus on their doors imagine if they had kept it locked up in a container in their house they would have been lost yes the blood of jesus has power but it is of no use to you if you don't apply it that's your job you must apply the blood of jesus on your life [Music] there is power in the blood of jesus there is protection in the blood of jesus there is a covering that only the blood
of jesus can provide but only you can apply the blood of jesus on your life on your home i've only spoken about six different ways god protects us but god has an infinite number of ways he can protect us believe in the protection of the lord upon your life and your family's life make sure you subscribe to the new line of judah prayer channel click the link in the description