A Prayer for God to Move in My Life

Our society loves to give labels to people. Those labels tell us who that person is, indicating what that person believes and even how they will act. God is not exempt from those labels. God has been labeled as love, distant, fearful and generous to name a few. These labels of God are all based on our understanding of Him, our experience with Him and our perception of Him based on who or what has influenced us.

What is amazing about the Bible is that sometimes a verse will clearly tell us who God is and how He acts in our lives. We see these labels for God and it absolutely influences our understanding of who God is. This verse does exactly that. It tells us four things that the Lord does in our lives. He is a shield about me. He is my glory. He is the lifter of my head. He answers me.

God is a shield about me. No matter what we are going through, the Lord is on His holy hill. He knows and sees our heart, hopes, and dreams. He sees those around us who intend harm, who are trying to destroy our hope, focus, and dreams. He protects us from the arrows, those hurtful words and actions of our enemy. Those arrows will not destroy us. We are surrounded by God’s shield.