My Dwelling Place
Psalms 91:5-7 (ESV)
"You will not fear the terror of the night,
Nor the arrow that flies by day,
Nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
Ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you."
What a beautiful promise we find in Psalms 91! It WILL NOT come near you! During this season I have heard these verses declared over peoples lives time and time again and I am so thankful that we have such a powerful scripture to help us get through these times.
While I do believe that it is a promise of protection against this plague that is sweeping the nation, I believe that there is another promise in these verses that we need to hold onto!
Not only does it say that no pestilence that stalks in darkness can come near you, if you look in the first verse of this it says that no TERROR OF THE NIGHT will come near you! You do not have to be afraid of anything because God has promised His protection against FEAR as well as PLAGUE!
Now that I've said that I want to look at WHY we don't have to fear and that comes a couple verses down:
Psalms 91:9
"Because you have made the LORD your dewlling place -- the Most High, who is my refuge."
We like to call verses like this the "Prerequisite to the Promise". What do we do to access the promise that God will protect us from fear and pestilence and destruction? We dwell constantly in Him! We make Him our REFUGE!
So in this short blog post I wanted to list a few ways that we meet this Prerequisite to the Promise:
How to we make the LORD our dwelling place?
1. Write Scripture into your heart!
Psalms 119:11
"I have written your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
You can start by memorizing those verses I gave you! Make that your battle cry during this season. No fear or pestilence or destruction can touch you because you dwell in the LORD!
2. Spend time in prayer!
Jeremiah 29:12
"Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you."
If you want to make the LORD your dwelling place, a good place to start is by talking to Him! Tell Him that you need Him. Thank Him for being your refuge during this time of uncertainty!
3. Worship Him!
Exodus 23:25
"Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you."
Give Him the praise that is due His mighty name! He is El Shaddai, God Almighty, and He is bigger than any pestilence or plague. Fear cannot enter into His presence!
When we dwell in the Lord, no enemy that comes against us will prosper! The God I serve knows ONLY how to triumph!
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Thank you, Ethan Corbett
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