Daily Bread_September 11, 2013

Title: Who is Your Refuge; Where is Your Safe House?

Text:

Psalm 91:9-12 (KJV)
⁹ Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
¹² They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Observation:

On September 11, 2001 I was doing what I am doing this morning. Yes, it was 12 years ago; I had just completed writing the daily devotional, and I went to my email to send it out to my family and friends group distribution list. What I saw in my inbox got my attention; the first email said turn on your television.

Last night I read this scripture prompted by reading a post on my Facebook newsfeed. In times like these we need a source in whom we can trust, and who is able to protect us. As for me, I have decided a long time ago to trust in God, and I have gone too far with Him to turn around now. The Lord has been my rock in a weary land and a shelter in the time of storms.

Like the Psalmist, I have made the Lord my refuge; in Him I live, and, I live without the fear of what man can do to me. I delight to take refuge in God's dwelling place.

I don't know what will happen when I go to my email account today; but, I know this; I know Him who knows the future, and I rest in security and in safety in the shelter of the Most High God.

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I praise and thank You for providing a place of security and safety for Your people. Father, I know from personal experience the guiding and guarding hand of the angels that You dispatch to help Your people.

Lord, you saved me from a terrible accident as a teenager when I chased a softball into the street, and escaped without a scratch. I looked up, and a relative was yelling at me, and my teammates were all lying on the ground with their faces down. Yes, I know about angels that watch over God's children.

Lord, be a fence around Your people today, and every day. I ask these favors and blessings in the name of my Lord and Savior; Jesus the Christ of God. Amen.

The Lord is my light and salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?

Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn.php/ns/282#ixzz2eaCM2rJT

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Acts 6:4 (KJV)
⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

 

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