This week its all about Protection, and the promise of that protection from God. The scripture is Psalm 91, and in the text, the Psalmist, presumably Moses, is telling us that if you put your trust in God, he will NOT fail you. Lets read the scripture and see where it takes us.
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.a
2I will sayb of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge—
10then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
So in this scripture we can see a lot of military like imagery, and themes that convey the fact that you WILL see things happen to people, and you WILL see tragedy in your life, but, if you are with the Lord, no true harm will ever come to you.
I posted a video about an elderly lady who was almost mugged in a shopping center parking lot. As she got in her car to leave, a man got in the car with her and demanded her money. She looked at him and told him she wasn’t going to give him any money and said that if we were to kill her it would be stupid because she knew that she would go to Heaven to be with her Lord, and he would be condemned to hell. She knew that death would be a mere stepping stone to her ultimate reward for her, but her death would be a giant stumbling block for him, leading him to an eternal damnation. As she sat there and spoke to him he began to cry. He apologized to her and began to get out of the car. As he did that he reached over and gave her a kiss on the cheek, she then voluntarily gave him all the money she had, ten dollars.
The question we are left with here is how protected are you? I work in the insurance industry, and all we talk about is protecting assets, or protecting the lifestyle of your family should you pass away, protecting material things through insurance policies. How do you protect those non-material things, like your soul? One word: Faith. Faith is the ultimate insurance policy for your soul. It costs nothing, doesn’t expire (if you don’t let it) and builds better value than cash.
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