Rampart

Psalm 91:4 says "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart."

When I have ever read that I actually never expanded my vocabulary to the capacity of using the word "rampart." and I usually just skip right over it and I'm like "aw thanks God for being my shield and rampart".. I figured if God was a rampart it must be good, right? haha

In church today I was thinking about it and I really was wishing I had a dictionary with me at the time cause then it was bugging me that I didn't know what "rampart" meant! So I looked it up when I got home.

Rampart is actually an elevated place of refuge or fortification (not to be confused with the word fornification...) that is normally capped by a rock.

How awesome is that? All this time I skim over the word rampart, when I should have looked it up a long time ago.
I'm probably one of the last people on the earth to know what that word means, but I guess if any of you didn't know what it meant I helped you out a bit...

It's really cool to think about the connection witha rampart being capped by a rock- a lot of symbolism... Jesus, being The Rock of Salvation and such, standing on The Rock, building your house on solid ground... all of that.

So maybe I learned something today- and maybe you did too.

Look up the words you don't understand in the bible cause they might just put a whole new spin on the scripture that you tend to skip over and don't understand.