Secret weapon 91

11-6–19 Wednesday

 

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Psalm 91

1 

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

    my God, in whom I trust.”

3 

Surely he will save you

    from the fowler’s snare

    and from the deadly pestilence.

4 

He will cover you with his feathers,

    and under his wings you will find refuge;

    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5 

You will not fear the terror of night,

    nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

    nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 

A thousand may fall at your side,

    ten thousand at your right hand,

    but it will not come near you.

8 

You will only observe with your eyes

    and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”

    and you make the Most High your dwelling,

10 

no harm will overtake you,

    no disaster will come near your tent.

11 

For he will command his angels concerning you

    to guard you in all your ways;

12 

they will lift you up in their hands,

    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 

You will tread on 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.

15 

He will call on me, and I will answer him;

    I will be with him in trouble,

    I will deliver him and honor him.

16 

With long life I will satisfy him

    and show him my salvation.”

 

We never like to think that there are rewards from God… we like to think he treats everyone equal… he gives out trophies to everyone - even if you were 129th place.

And while his grace is sufficient for all of us to be saved, he is very open about how those who fully commit to following him will have a different experience in their walk then those who only half heartedly follow him.

Look at the story of the talents… he gives 5, 3 and 1. The guy who does nothing with God’s talents gets punished and his talent is given to the one who invested his.

 

This Psalm clearly illustrates that God loves to show his favor on those who claim to love him and then actually love him and in fact tell of his love to others. 

 

The truth is we have everything we need to overcome the enemy, to walk like a boss and to live victoriously and never fear the devil… we have everything we need… if we do it. We have everything we need… if we live it.

 

3 things:

V. 9We make him our dwelling place.

The commitment to stay with him no matter what life may bring… do you commit until life gets hard? Then he is not your dwelling place he is your pit stop, your rest area.

 

A story about a professor who started out his class every year saying “I don’t give out A’s. I never give out A’s, no one in this class will ever get an A. My standards are way to high for anyone to get an A… so if you were looking for an easy class and an easy A- you should leave now and drop this class. And yes, usually about 10 students would get up and leave. He would then close the door and look at those left and say… now that we’ve separated the wannabes from those that are the real deal… lets have some fun…. and yes many of them ended up getting A’s.

 

Is God truly your dwelling place? Or are you just a wanna be?

 

 

We love him.

Love is an action, it is a verb. It is something you do not feel. Is your love simply a feeling? if so, you will never find God to be your personal savior. Oh, he may in fact be your savior… but not on the level you would like because you never sought to truly love him. It is not enough to have Jesus be your savior, he must be your lord. You must LOVE HIM. It is an action.

 

No one says I feel jogging. You can say I feel like jogging… but you can’t feel jogging because Jogging is verb. Some men confuse Loving God with a feeling… when Loving God is an action! 

 

We acknowledge him. 

Ever wish you were so famous or rich that wherever you went a person would go ahead of you and announce to the whole room, party or audience…. “May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Garth Heckman”

Cool right? 

When God talks about protecting us and rescuing us… he says its to those who acknowledge him. That word there literally means that where’ve you go people say to themselves “well looks like God got here”. You represent God and because of that people know it. 

 

I have had a few jobs where I will walk in and people will say “well the preacher is here”. It was their sincere way to poke fun at me that all I do is talk about God…. I took it as a huge compliment. I acknowledge God…

Someone has a problem? A blessing? A good day, a bad day, a need??? I acknowledge God to them in that situation.