The question I get asked often is, “how to stay in that secret place,that place of protection,with God?”. In fact I can tell you how to do it in just four words: “Attach yourself to God”.Go after the things of God. Go after His Word. Make it a priority to spend time with Him every day. We must let everything in our life revolve around our relationship with Him.

We’ll discover God will always do His part when we turn to Him. But He has given us a free will and it’s up to us to do our part, which is to attach ourself to Him and depend on Him. When we choose to make the Lord our refuge, we must also choose to walk it out. “Walking it out” means believing God, rebuking fear, standing on the Word and speaking the promises of God when a fiery dart comes our way. Or alternatively we can choose to yield to fear and let go of our protection.

We must decide how we will respond in a moment of crisis.

Psalm 121 says, “To the extent that man pays attention to the word of [God] and safeguards His commands, [God] will safeguard him.”

Our security will be determined by how much time and attention we give to God and His Word in this life. That may sound simple, but it’s the truth. The Scriptures talk about “ye of little faith” and only we decide if that applies to our lives. If we give God a little bit of our time, we will have little faith and get little results.

But when we give God our attention, spend time with Him and His Word, and refuse to believe any other word for the situations we may face, God will give us His attention and see to it that we come out all right.

It’s important to recognize God as our source and our number one means of protection. We need to see Him as our guardian or covering.God can cover us in any situation. We don’t need anyone else covering us when we have Him covering us. People will let us down, but God will never let us down.

Psalm 25:15 says, “My eyes are ever looking to the Lord for help, for he alone can rescue me” (The Living Bible). Then verse 21 says, “Assign me Godliness and Integrity as my bodyguards, for I expect you to protect me….” God alone can rescue us. When we walk with God, trust Him and walk in His ways, we can expect Him to protect us.

Erick Bouwmeester