Psalm 11:7 For the righteous loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Our hope in times of trouble and threats from the Enemy is to count on the Lord to defend and protect us. And He does so because we are righteous and upright, by faith in Jesus. Of course, we have no righteousness of our own, for we are filthy sinners, and we do not walk uprightly. Thus God has no right or reason to defend us.
However, God loves us so that He made a way where there was no way. He sent His Son. Jesus died for us and earned for us God’s righteousness. By faith in Him we are declared righteous. God loves righteousness. God loves the Son. God loves us. Now He smiles upon us when He sees us (and He sees all the time). In times of fear and doubt in the face of the Evil One’s flaming darts we put on the breastplate of righteousness and hold up the shield of faith. Both of these are gifts of God granted freely and abundantly because of Christ and implanted in by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel.
Romans 4:3: “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” We also believe and are righteous. And God loves the righteous, those who believe in Jesus and are counted righteous. Therefore, we shall not fear anything but God alone.