Getting to Know Jesus by Name #30: Guardian of Your Souls

I Peter 2:21 For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps, 22 He who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; 23 and while being abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 and He Himself brought our sins in His body up on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds you were healed. 25 For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

How do you respond to that name: Guardian? In our culture, it may lead to a sense of resistance and even rebellion.  But it should not. A Guardian is "Someone or Something that watches or protects something; one who guards; one who has the care of the person or property of another." There is not sense of domineering or control, as much as protection and care.  When we talk about the Soul, we mean "The spiritual part of a person that give life to the body and lasts forever." The fact that we have a Guardian and have a Soul means that our lives have purpose, direction, a plan, and a path to follow. Our Guardian helps keep us on the path, just like the Good Shepherd that He is.

*(Diann Cotton: 100 Days with Jesus)