Sept 13, 2020 … God’s Watch-care

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 257 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing … <b><i>My Help</b></i> … poignantly singing from Psalm 121 of how God is ever present watching over and protecting His Children.

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Highlight Passage:  1Thessalonians 5:14 …  [ESV] ... 

<i>  15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. </i>

…    If our God will watch over even one like Cain, we know He will watch over us. 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …   Genesis 4:8-16 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

…  God shows his watch-care - even over one like Cain, who murdered his brother Abel. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 121 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  A song of thankfulness for God’s continual and eternal watch-care over His people.    

Reference Passage: …  Psalm 139:7-8 [ESV] …  

7  Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?  8   If I ascend to heaven, you are there!  If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

…  There is NO WHERE we can go to escape God’s presence and His protection.   

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK  

…  If we but trust in God and follow Him, He will lead us in His direction. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:6-7 [ESV] …   

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.

…  If we humble ourselves before God’s grace, He cares and will watch over us. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Glenn Packiam, AT THIS LINK tells the remarkable story of a humpback whale [see photo] shielding a biologist, swimming close to the whale, from a shark, … a life picture illustrating how God watches over and protects His own.  

And after taking in that illustration of God’s watch-care, I would charge my readers to hear ALL of the linked song, with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing from Psalm 121; and then while meditating on that Psalm (linked above) and the other Scriptures above, I pray we all realize that if our God will protect even a murderer like Cain, He will protect us all.  There is no where we can go to escape His watch-care (see Ps. 139:7-8).  

Do I sense a resounding and thankful … “PRAISE THE LORD!!!”    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for watching over me every minute of every day!! 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to thank our Lord for His watch-care and protection; … yes, … even in this pandemic!  …  Amen

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