Thought for Today - June 12, 2024
Where Is Safety?
By: Robert A. Searles
The safest place to be is in the
center of the will of God; and to dwell in the secret place of the
most high, and abide under the shadow of the almighty.
There is no
greater refuge or fortress than our blessed Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ. If we put our trust completely in him, he is faithful and
just to forgive all our sins, and to deliver us from all
unrighteousness.
Our enemy, Satan, is seeking to
devour us and ruin our testimony. He sets traps for us, but when we
hide beneath the “wings”, as it were, of our heavenly Father, we
are protected, and the Word of God is our shield and buckler.
Many are lost all around us, and
many are caught in Satan's traps. We see destruction all around us,
but from the battlements of heaven, as it were, because we are in the
high tower of our Lord's habitation.
No evil can befall us, and no
plague come nigh our dwelling, unless God so wills it for reasons we
know nothing about.
Our body guards are the angels,
and they are under the strict orders of our heavenly Father to
protect us and watch for our welfare. One cry or one whimper
directed to God from one of God's children in distress is enough to
set the whole host of heaven in an uproar, and set everything in
motion for our rescue.
“He that dwelleth in the secret
place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress; my God in
him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with
his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall
be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror
by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the
pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only
with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou has made the lord, which is my refuge, even the most
high, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall
any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee
up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou
shalt tread upon the lion and adder, the young lion and the dragon
shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon
me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he
hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I
will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. With
long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” Psalm 91.
If we want to be sure and
confident of God's protection from the evils that are in the world,
and all around us, we must change our place of residence from the
world, to the secret place of the most high.
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