Henceforth and Forever

As a child, did you ever shove your bed up against the wall?  That was always a fun thing to me: something cozy about being snug up to the wall. I could pile up pillows and stuffed animals then lay up against it or fence myself in with the mounds soft things. It was a neat feeling of being tucked away!

What beautiful imagery of how God surrounds us!  Psalm 125:2 says "as the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about His people from henceforth even for ever."  Jerusalem sits on a plateau 2,500 feet above sea level and is surrounded by hills and deep valleys.  This made Jerusalem a military stronghold!  So is God our forever Fortress!  Satan uses otherwise wonderful things – friends, family, money, job -- to draw us away from God's safe-keeping. Don't let Satan get to you and have his way --  stand firm and boldly proclaim, "Henceforth and Forever."