Hi Brian!
The word for this week is "defend". I have been meditating on the words to another song from Brandon Lake's new album called "God Is Not Against Me". One part says:
"This is not my fight, You are my defense, You hold my life, This is my confidence"
Defense isn't in the Bible, but the word defend is. Psalm 59:1 says this:
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. KJV
This is the Hebrew word "sagab". Strong's Concordance says: to be or make lofty, especially inaccessible, safe, strong. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: to be high, to be inaccessibly high, to be too high for capture, to be exalted. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament adds: Associated with the notion of height, it frequently has the connotation of security. Whereas man's most secure defenses are proved vulnerable, the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runs into it and are safe. There are times when unexpected things happen and we are sometimes caught off guard, but knowing this TRUTH about God, we can keep ourselves in faith when we remember that GOD is ALWAYS on our side and He ALWAYS has a way out of every situation for our benefit and protection. Romans 8:28 promises us this:
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. KJV
28 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. AMP
