Hedge of Protection...🧱

Devotional Thought 💭

Psalms 91:14 ● "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name."

The Psalmist speaks of promises and blessings from God, bestowed on the believer who trusts in Him. This marks a shift in voice, as the prior verses came from the perspective of the psalmist. These verses form a suitable closing to the psalm. They follow the psalmist's declaration of trust in the Lord and his list of the Lord's responses to that trust. Psalm 37:3–6 closely echoes this emphasis on trust in the Lord and its benefits.

The psalmist also expresses his trust that God is a source of safety. He uses various dangers as symbols of the terrors which God's people do not need to fear. When God has resolved to protect someone, nothing can overcome that safety. Jesus refuted inappropriate use of this promise when being tempted by Satan (Matthew 4:5–7). Those who love God, and honor Him, can count on His provision and protection, and know that nothing happens without His approval.

Praying Psalm 91 is a powerful prayer of protection that we can use to cover ourselves in our families in prayer. We can call on the Lord for his protection, and we can use Psalm 91 as a powerful prayer for protection over our lives.

Does this mean that we as believers will never get sick?

No. We will still experience pain, suffering, death, and disease because we live in a fallen world. That means that because of sin, this world will continue to groan in pain, as it awaits the freedom from the bondage of decay (Romans 8:18-21). We ourselves groan as we wait for the full redemption of our earthly bodies when Christ returns (Romans 8:23).

But this doesn’t mean that we don’t serve a God who heals and delivers us from sickness and disease. We serve a miracle-working God! But even while we wait for Jesus to come and make all things new, we can hold to the promises of God’s word that he is our refuge and help in times of trouble.

Lord our God, dear Father in heaven,

We turn our hearts to you, for you know all our need.

We turn to you, for you are ready with your help when we are at our wit’s end.

You have paths we can follow joyfully because we have a Lord who rules and who reigns over us to make us glad.

May we praise your name at all times.

May your help be always before our eyes so that we can be your true children, to the glory of your name on earth. This we day this day...

Amen 🙏🏾