Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #95

Protection From God

Psalm 91

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 4-6) "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday." (v. 9-10) "If you make the Most High your dwelling--even the Lord, who is my refuge--then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent."

My Thoughts

What do you think of when you think of protection? I think of exactly what verse 10 says: "no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near you." We have to know, though, that God never says this. This is the Psalmist saying this. It is not false either. God will protect us, and He does protect us, but He does not make it so nothing will ever harm us.

Look at what verse 5 says at the very beginning. "You will not fear..." See, God does allow bad things to happen. He does not cause them, but He does allow them. Sometimes He does actually protect us from harm, just not always. Mainly, His protection takes a different form. It has to do with our spirit rather than our physical selves.

God's protection for us is from fears and even other things that may harm us spiritually. Fear is something that can keep us from God. Fear is what Satan wants us to live in constantly so that he has some kind of control over us. If we are fearful of things that we have no need to fear, that makes us paranoid. When you are living like that, you are living in constant fear of things that may or may not happen and that keeps you from living in God's grace.

See, when you make your dwelling in God and you are truly dwelling in Him, you will not fear these kinds of things. Mind you, if you do, that does not mean that you are a hypocrite or that you are not truly in God or something. It just means that you have may need some kind of help and you need to become stronger in God. The biggest thing is that you will not have any need to fear those things.

Why you will not have any need to fear those things is because, if you are in God, those things cannot truly harm you. Even if something does happen to you, it cannot take you away from God. We have no need to fear anything because, no matter what happens, nothing can ever take us away from God. That is what is important to remember.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!