Seize the Moment – Day 1211
Declaring God’s Protection!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, July 11.
“You shall not pass!” Those famous words are from the movie, The Fellowship of the Ring, spoken by Gandalf to the evil creature bent on death and destruction. That is the visual I had in my mind, when in 2020-22, during the COVID-19 pandemic, people posted lawn signs throughout our rural community, proclaiming “Psalm 91” over their households. The people were declaring their belief in God’s protection during this time of crisis, trusting Him to fulfill the following promises from today’s psalm:
- Verse 3, “For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence.”
- Verses 5-7, “You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day; of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.”
- Verses 9-10, “For you have made the Lord, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent.”
With powerful promises such as these, Psalm 91 is a perfect psalm to meditate upon and pray in times of danger. Spurgeon testified of the power of today’s psalm:
In the whole collection there is not a more cheering Psalm, its tone is elevated and sustained throughout, faith is at its best, and speaks nobly. A German physician was wont to speak of it as the best preservative in times of cholera, and in truth it is a heavenly medicine against plague and pest. He who can live in its spirit will be fearless, even if once again London should become a lazar-house, and the grave be gorged with carcases.[1]
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 91, meditating upon the powerful protection of God – dwell in the shelter of the Most High (vs 1).
God bless you!
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