Keeper
The Dictionary tells us what “keeper” means:
- One that has the charge or care of something;
- One that holds, guards, supports;
- One that retains possession of;
- One that maintains for use or for service;
- One that adheres to, fulfills.
All are true of our Lord, Yahweh the Keeper, and so much more.
Yahweh Our* Keeper
Keeps His Word
O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments… (Daniel 9:4)
Keeps—holds, guards, supports– God’s children, Followers of Christ
The Lord keeps all who love Him. (Psalm 145:20)
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 24-25)
Keeps us* safe
Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. (John 17:11–12)
I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. (John 17:15)
Keeps us* in His love
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (John 10:27–29)
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38–39)
[We*] are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
[We*] are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ. (Jude 1)
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Praise the Keeper
Praise the Keeper, who faithfully keeps all His word, who keeps all His promises, who keeps us* safe for eternal life. Praise You for Your trustworthy care, keeping us for Christ Jesus, keeping us from stumbling, and making us stand blameless before Your glory. Praise You—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—for keeping us in Your love, for keeping us for the day of salvation. All glory be Yours.
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See also: I’m a Kept Woman
*We/Us/Our: Children of God, followers of Jesus Christ
