Grace or Wrath

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
GRACE OR WRATH
Prov 12:21
21 No harm befalls the righteous,
but the wicked have their fill of trouble.
NIV
Even though I do not believe my intent was to escape any trouble or harm when I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior it sure seems as though this is one benefit I will not turn down. As much as I profess my life is about benefitting the Kingdom of God, it would be that God desires to bestow some benefits on me anyway. Now I am confident that is because of his great love and grace he has for me, not that I am the only one. But I surely will accept this benefit of not having any harm befall me. He will keep me safe from harm. God is my protector, as well as my redeemer. I am sure he has bestowed his armor on me as part of this plan to protect me from any harm, especially from the evil one who is bent on my destruction. I would suppose that some people might not think I live a harm free life, but in all reality I think I actually do. I cannot say that about my days before I accepted Christ, but I can since say so since that incredible day when I said yes to God. He is both my rock and my shield. He is my defense against the dark forces of evil. Having God as at my side, I have nothing to fear from either man or the devil. Now those poor souls who have either never heard of God, or even worse have refused to acknowledge him as God and his Son as their Lord and Savior, have all sorts of concerns about harm and trouble coming their way. Oh sure, their life might appear on the surface to be all a bed of roses because they have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of self-gratification and the devil may have filled their life with much good things, but trouble is within. Trouble is at hand without question. He has deceived them into thinking they do not need God, and without God trouble is sure to find them. But not so with me, as having God with me, who can be against me? Nothing and no one is the answer to that question. I cannot count all the times I know I have been kept from harm befalling me. All I know is I am grateful to my Lord for his power and grace instead of his power and wrath.