WORD FROM REDEEM ZION

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Divine Security

He who dwells in the shelter of the most high
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of
the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in
whom I trust.” (Ps 91:1-2)
The world and the people therein is under the control
of invisible forces and power and this invisible force
could either be good or positive and evil or negative
at any given point in time. The spiritual world of
evil and good is real and has been at a logger head or
in conflict since the fall of man at the garden of
Eden. However in the midst of this conflict between
good and evil God has made a way of escape for whoever
will trust in Him to have perpetual testimonies of
security and safety. The Bible says: “No
temptation has seized you except what is common to
man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear, but when you are
tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you
can stand up under it.” (1Cor.10:13). God
promised that the devil and his agents will make an
attempt in your life to steal, kill or destroy through
diverse temptations, trials, challenges, attacks,
afflictions, pains and other evil devices but God will
always give His children who trust in him a way of
escape or stand tall and higher than the troubles.
There are several ways by which the enemy (the devil
and his agents) make attempts in the life of people to
destroy. In Psalm 91:5-6, the Bible mentions four
major security threats to life in reference to attack
by enemies in form of mortal diseases that are of
epidemics proportion. Such attack of sickness can come
either in the night or day. Sicknesses and diseases
from the pit of hell like tumours, cancer, fibroid and
other growths, chronic or frontal headache, high blood
pressure etc are mostly inflicted by Satan. Such
diseases and sicknesses hardly respond to curative
medicine. If you make the shelter or temple of God
your dwelling and live a godly life, you will find
safety under the protective wings of the Lord, Most
High.
Other sources of danger to security which pose moral
threats is what the English man describes running from
frying pan to fire and running from pillar to pole.
“It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake
bite him” Amos 5:19. This type of phenomenon has
demonic-spiritual undertone which except you have made
the Lord your strong tower and refuge, you will not
survive such attack. There are situations whereby your
safety is threatened not only by invisible evil powers
but evil people who covenanted with Satan to stop your
progress or completely get rid of you.
The bible makes us understand that evil people will
rise up against you to swallow you up alive, nurse
burning anger against you, rage against you with
raging water of their fury to overwhelm your very
lives, open their teeth to tear you apart and set
traps, nets and dig pits to fall into. The evil people
at times do come as mighty army to surround you and
attack o destroy. But the godly are assured of
security from threat of the evil ones.
Balak King of Moab hired a diviner/sorcerer(Balaam)
to bewitch, curse and afflict Israel with misfortune
so that Israel will not be able to fulfil God’s
divine purpose, but did not allow the evil counsel of
Balak and Balaam to be implemented because Israel made
the Lord their shelter. “ I received a command
to bless, He has blessed and I cannot reverse it. No
misfortune is in sight for Jacob; no trouble is in
store for Israel-----------. No curse can touch Jacob
no sorcery has any power against Israel”
(Numbers 23:20-23). Israel was ignorant of the plan of
these evil people. Today, there are several innocent
people suffering as a result of the activities of evil
people (diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, spell caters,
occult), medicine men and women, witches and wizards.
The problem or misfortune and trouble you are going
through in your marriage, job side, health could be as
a result of demonic programming into your life and
destiny.
There is a way of escape for you in God, if you make
him your shelter and your refuge. For the godly
worshippers who make the Most High his or her
dwelling, there are provisions that God has made for
your security, safety and triumph over the menacing
beasts, Satan, his agents and their evil plots or
devices.
1.) Covet God’s divine presence. His presence
guarantees your safety. Psalm 124:2-3 “If the
Lord had not been on our side when people rose up
against us, they would have swallowed us alive because
of their burning anger against us.” Other
scriptures: Romans 8:31-32, Exodus 33:14)
2.) The name of the Lord is a strong tower (Solid
Rock) the righteous run into it and are safe. The name
of the Lord Jesus Christ is the sure name given to man
whereby you can be saved. Proverbs 18:10, Acts 4:12.
3.) The anointing of the Holy Spirit is a sure
guarantee for your safety. With God’s anointing
upon your life, all your enemies become paralysed.
They will only see you triumphing and flourishing and
they can not stop you. The anointing is the zeal of
God upon your life that makes you untouchable for the
enemy Psalm 23:5, Psalm 105:15.
4.) The wall of His fire surrounds God’s
children so that the strange sicknesses and diseases
and the evil people can not penetrate into their lives
and camp (Zech.2:5)
5.) His guarding angels-for every child of God, there
are angels assigned from heaven to watch over so that
no evil or calamity can befall that Saint of God who
has become the apple of God’s eye.
6.) Be fully armed with God’s Word and take
cover under the Blood of Jesus Christ. The Bible says
when the angel of destruction is going around and he
sees the blood of the Lamb (The Blood of Jesus), it
will pass over you. Rev.12:11, Exodus 12:13.
7.) The Holy Spirit-The Bible says when the enemies
shall come against you like a flood, He will command
His Holy Spirit to raise a standard against the
enemies Isaiah 1:19.
8.) Ensure you seek God in His temple and daily dwell
in his presence and tabernacle. “For in the day
of trouble, he will keep me safe in his dwelling, he
will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set
me high upon a rock, then my head will be exalted
above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle
will I sacrifice with shouts of joy. I will sing and
make music to the Lord (Psalm 27:5-6)
As You daily face the challenges and oppositions in
life, if you make God the Most High your shelter you
can confidently pray to God to deliver you from all
those who conspire to bring you down. Have the strong
confidence and trust in the Lord that as you wait
patiently for that which He has promised which is sure
you will definitely enjoy security in the Lord in the
face of all that your enemies (the devil and its
agents) can do.
Shalom!

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