Psalms 91:9-12
"Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."
No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."
ANGELS. He will give His angels charge over us!! What wonderful comfort, especially in light of what you read in part 4.
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http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2015/05/psalm-91-part-4-fear-not.html?m=1
According to Hebrews 1:14, Paul says of them (the angels), "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister FOR those who will inherit salvation?"
Notice it says they are sent to minister "FOR" those who will inherit salvation not "TO" us, meaning believers. "What's the difference?" you ask.
Working FOR us means they are at our command when we confess God's word.
Working FOR us means they are at our command when we confess God's word.
For instance, when we recite Psalm 91 out loud, the angels hear it and spring into action on our behalf. That's a very important component: SPEAKING OUT LOUD. Just like the devil, a fallen angel, cannot read your mind, so the good angel also cannot read your mind. They only respond to God's SPOKEN WORD.
How many angels are we talking about here? Jesus Himself actually spilled the beans, so to speak.
Remember when the temple guards came to arrest Jesus in the garden? The ever impetuous Peter grabbed a sword and cut off the ear of the high priest's servant. (He was probably aiming for his neck). Jesus stopped him, restored the man's ear and said in Matthew 26:52-53 “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than TWELVE LEGIONS OF ANGELS?"
12 legions!!? That's 72,000 angels, folks!
...and we can do likewise.
"Legions of angels" will come to work "FOR" us lest we dash our foot against a stone WHEN WE CONFESS GOD'S WORD. Each and every believer has legions of angels serving them.
Just let that sink in for a while......Wow! Don't you feel safer already!?
In the dwelling place of Elyon, "the Most High," under the Shadow of Shaddai, the "Almighty One," is complete safety. Part one of this series brings that out.
Here again we see more of just how protected we are. "There shall NO EVIL BEFALL YOU NOR SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING."
This is referring to open pestilences:
Ebola
S.A.R.S.
A.I.D.S.
T.B on the rise.
Legionnaires disease, just to name a few.
Incurable diseases are abroad and abound in our day; even some older ones once eradicated in the West have reared their ugly heads again.
Perhaps you ate something harmful unawares but you prayed over your food, sanctifying it in Jesus' Name. Good practice in these last days! Praying over your food is not a futile exercise today; IT'S ESSENTIAL. We're not playing around here. We are consciously activating our covenant with our God to protect us.
The word for plague in Hebrew here is "néga," which means "affliction, infection, mark, plague, stripes, stroke or wounds."
This same word for plague is used for stricken in Isaiah 53:8:
"He {Jesus} was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was STRICKEN."
Because Jesus was "stricken" in place of His covenant people...US...we don't have to be "néga--stricken." Our protection, deliverance, healing and safety was FULLY PAID FOR in the body of our Savior, JESUS!
It is SO AWESOME that our God actually gives His angels charge over us! All our steps are guarded and guided lest we dash our foot against a stone in our walk as Christians.
Now that doesn't mean we take unnecessary risks or chances to test God. But as we WALK out our life WE NEED NOT FEAR.
Remember when the devil took Jesus up to the highest pinnacle of the temple and dared Him to jump off? He used...well actually, he misquoted and misused...a part of this very Psalm to try and entice Jesus to take the leap, saying that the angels would "bear Him up..."
Why did he MISquote this particular Psalm? Probably because it has been the one most quoted by God's people.
But Jesus defeated him every time with the words, "IT IS WRITTEN." This time He said, "You shall not put God to a foolish test."
WHAT??! This is Jesus we're talking about here! The Beloved Son of Almighty God!
Do you think that if He jumped off that pinnacle that His Father wouldn't come to His Son's rescue? I'm sure He could have jumped off that pinnacle and not been hurt anyway. After all, He walked on water later on, right?
So why didn't He jump?
First of all, Jesus is secure in Who He is: God's beloved Son. He has nothing to prove. Secondly, the reference to angels keeping Him from dashing His fool against a stone is referring to "walking" the Christian life not taking foolish risks, like jumping off the temple or flirting with danger. As we "walk" along His Angels keep us safe. God’s 24/7/365 protection has us covered!
Accidents, terror attacks, unforseen disasters, wild weather, you name it! Our God protects us from them AS ONLY HE CAN.
Good thing because no matter how carefully you plan, how smart you are or how many degrees you have, you cannot know when or where the dangers in the road ahead will occur.
Bur our Daddy knows......and He has His Angels watchin' over us!
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