Guardian - Ben Cantelon

King of love and grace, my guardianAll my hopes and fears are in Your handsI'm in Your hands   Where You go I'll go, show me the wayEvery step I take,be now my guideGod on my side   You go before meYou're there beside meAnd if I wander Love will find meGoodness and mercy will always followYou go before meMy Guardian   When I hear You say trust and obeyI will walk by faith and not by sightGod of my life   So let Your kingdom come Your will be doneAll Your promises will stand foreverYou're my defender   You are God our great defenderStrong in love, forever faithfulWe are Yours and we will trust in You   This song is a reminder that our God is with us, our strong defender who is ready to, and will, protect us. God is our Guardian.We see these sorts of songs all the way through the Psalms as God is the protector of his people; and yet God as our protector is not something we often talk about these days. Naturally we do not live under the threat of violence or war like they used to, so naturally we don’t give it as much thought.But we see God as protector of his people all the way through the bible. Countless battles are won by Yahweh, and so many of them are won from disastrous conditions! One of which of course is the story of Gideon who God tells to take on the might of the Midianite army. An army with more than 120,000 people in it! And Gideon scraped together 30,000 men and they were still outnumber four to one! And yet God said he had too many men, so he whittled it down to 10,000 men and then again to 300 men. And with 300 men Gideon went into battle. Why? Because God was going to fight for them, God was with them and his presence meant that even in hopeless situations there was still hope.I’m reminded of stories like that as I sing this song. God will defend me, protect me, stand with me, be in front, behind and beside me. And his presence means I can always have hope and always have peace. No matter what I face.Have a listen to the song here and may you find this hope and peace in this season my friends, and may you be blessed with God’s presence before, behind and beside you.Much love,Disney