Moment of Meditation: Wherever You Go (Psalm 121:7-8)

"The Lord will keep you from all evil;
He will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore."
(Psalm 121:7-8)

This passage is used right after the Baptism of a new Christian. It is a blessing upon him or her that God will always be with them wherever they go. This is the same type of blessing that God commanded through Moses concerning the Law: "You shall teach them diligently to your children ... when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise" (Deuteronomy 6:7).

There's a saying among at least my generation: "Wherever you go, there you are." Kinda obvious, but the point is that wherever you go, you're guaranteed to have whatever you have on you. God commanded the Israelites to learn the Torah so well that they could teach it wherever they went. It was to be everywhere because God is everywhere. As He promised in this psalm and fulfills in our everyday lives, He keeps us every step of our lives--even if we don't know whether we're coming or going. God has a vested interest in you because you are His special creation.

He preserves your coming in and your going out through this life so that you will see His protection and movement all the days of your life. Amen.