OUR FATHER WHO PROTECTS US FROM OUR MORTAL ENEMIES

Psalm chapter 17 verse 9 says this;

...from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

This verse captures a phrase from the prayers of the Lord Jesus just before He was tracked down by His enemies and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane.

Here, Jesus asks His father to guard Him and to hide Him in the Shadow of His wings so that the wicked who were attempting to destroy Him and His mortal enemies who encircled Him, would be unable to defeat Him.

The wicked sought to destroy Him because of His righteousness that shone contrary to them and those who were His mortal enemies sought death for Him because He was life and light exposed them for their hypocrisy.

Even though Jesus had identified Himself to the soldiers when they entered the garden looking for Him,  they surrounded Him to entrap Him in their midst.

The Lord is mighty.

Amen.

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