The Lord is
our strength, as well as our light and our salvation; and this fact removes all
anxiety from our life. Even when wicked people and circumstances impose evil on
us to harm us, they falter and fail. We walk in contentment through it all
(Psalm 27:1-4).
God hears
our prayers for His help, and quickly comes to our aid (Psalm 18:6). As we dwell
continually in His presence, His goodness and mercy protect us all the days of
our life (Psalm 23:6).
Rather than
living our own way, we walk in His holiness, delight in His presence, honor His
precepts and enjoy worshiping with His Saints. His favor rests on us, and He
establishes our ministry for His glory (Psalm 90:17; Isaiah 58:13).
He parts the
heavens, soars on wings of the wind, hurls thunder and lightning to scatter our
enemies, reaches down from His lofty place and holds us in the palm of His hand
(Psalm 18:1-9; John 10:28-29).
He protects
us when disaster threatens to overwhelm us, places us in wide open spaces
and rescues us from all of our affliction, because He delights in us (Psalm
18:10-19).
We intimately
experience the power, protection and provision of His name. He gives His angels charge over us to keep us
in all of our ways. They carry us in their hands, so that we do not even stub
our toe on life's rocky places.
If we focus
our love upon Him, He delivers us (Psalm 91:11-12). There is nothing too hard
for Him (Luke 18:27). He makes the impossible aspects of life achievable, as we
dwell in His presence (Matthew 19:26).
Prayer:
Father God,
Your presence in our life allows us to leap high walls, arms us with strength,
trains us for spiritual warfare, lights our way, makes us nimble in traversing
the pitfalls in life, stoops down to make us great and sets us safely on Your
high places (Psalm 18:29-46).
You made the
heavens and the earth by Your outstretched arms, nothing is too hard for You to
accomplish in order to equip us to do Your will (Jeremiah 32:17). If we depend
on You, You give us Your wisdom and reveal to us the great and mighty things
You have in store for us (Jeremiah 33:3). We abide in You and take refuge under
the shelter of Your wings (Psalm 61:4).
Thought for
the Day:
Seek the
Lord while He may still be found; call on Him while He is still near; for the
great and terrible day of the Lord is at hand. - Isaiah
55:6; Joel 2:3; Malachi 4:5
