There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

Chapter 8 DISCOVERING AND WEARING THE SHIELD OF FAVOR

A FTER A BRAHAM RETURNED FROM A BATTLE WITH FIVE kings and restored the possessions and people of Sodom to the king of Sodom, God appeared to Abraham and said, “I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward” (Gen. 15:1). In sixteen verses in Psalms, David speaks of a shield, and in fourteen verses of those sixteen, the psalmist speaks of God (the Lord) being his shield (Ps. 3:3; 5:12; 18:35; 28:7; 33:20; 59:11; 84:9, 11; 91:4; 115:9, 10, 11; 119:114; 144:2). As a shield, the Almighty provides divine protection for those who make Him their defense in times of trouble. David certainly needed protection, as he was a warrior from his late teen years when he faced and defeated Goliath. He seemed to be in a battle or family conflict until the latter years of his life, when finally his mighty men refused to let this older soldier go to battle for fear he would be slain by a remaining remnant of giants (2 Sam. 21:17). There is also another type of shield beside the shield of