If you know anything about me you should know that I absolutely detest getting wet in a rain shower. I hate rain drops falling on my arms, feet, (especially while wearing open toe shoes) and worst of all...my hair!
You will be hard pressed to find me without an umbrella when it rains. I have some tiny compact umbrellas that I can fit in my purse but I also have the gigantic golf umbrellas.
In May, we went to my nephew's college graduation and it happened to rain that evening. I took one of our golf umbrellas that was special to me. It was a green and black "Panther" umbrella. I say Panther because my son attended Kinwood Park High School a couple of years ago and they were the Panthers. Their colors were green and black hence the color of the umbrella.
When we arrived at the venue, they told us we had to leave our umbrella at the door. They already had a protest on their hands and not wanting to contribute to a losing battle, we surrendered our umbrella.
We stayed through the ceremony and when it came time to leave, we went to retrieve our umbrella except that they were not in the foyer where they had taken them from us. ALL the umbrellas had been moved outside and were lying in a pile on the sidewalk. We had to search through hundreds of umbrellas in order to find ours.
If you're thinking that was an easy task because they were size or color coordinated you're wrong. In fact since it was sprinkling, many who left were just taking umbrellas. How do I know this? I heard comments like "I'm taking this one-just grab one and get one for momma too."
Sad as it may seem, someone had taken our protection from the rain at the door and now many "someone's" we're taking them again. In fact, none of my family members found their umbrellas and were forced to walk in the rain back to their cars, unprotected.
I became curious about the word umbrella and found that "umbrella or parasol is a canopy designed to protect against the rain or sunlight."
When we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, he becomes our covering, our protection from the enemy. We carry Him with us but we don't have to surrender when the enemy threatens us. The enemy can't stand it and will do whatever it takes to make us give up that cover. Unfortunatly, too many times we believe the threat and surrender voluntarily.
Don't believe the lies of the enemy and don't give your protection. Jesus not only protects us from the enemy, He also covers our sin. Don't go unprotected!
Only do not rebel against the Lord and do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them
Numbers 14:9
You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin. My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin. Job 14:15-17
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