Psalm 121, learned early & sung repeatedly in the walk with Christ, clearly defines the conditions under which we live out our discipleship--which, in a word, is God. Once we get this psalm in our hearts it will be impossible for us to gloomily suppose that being a Christian is an unending battle against ominous forces that at any moment may break through and overpower us.
Faith is NOT a precarious affair of chance escape from satanic assaults. It is the
Solid,
Massive,
Secure
Experience
of God, who keeps all evil from getting inside us, who guards our life, who guards us when we leave and when we return, who guards us now, who guards us always.
--Eugene Peterson
