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NO EVIL SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BEFALL YOU,
NO PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR TENT.
PSALM 91:10
Everyone struggles; bad things happen to good people. Whoever you meet today and everyone you talk with in the next 24 hours has some battle in their life. Understanding that God protects us from evil, keeping the plagues away from us, challenges believers when they experience the storms of life. But the Lord does protect us; as bad as we think our problems, someone always has it worse.
A friend of mine likes to use the lake analogy. If we all put our problems into a lake and then drew out someone else’s issues, we would want our own back. Jesus never said we wouldn’t have problems, but He did tell us to take heart; He had already won the victory.
“𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕! 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.” 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 16:33
Trusting in the Lord’s protection doesn’t mean He won’t allow things into our lives that will challenge us. Storms will come, but God’s umbrella will give us His peace during the hurricane and show us how to survive the waves. The Lord doesn’t give us all the answers at once; He gives us what we need for the day ahead. Our minds can take us places we shouldn’t go, but when we focus on the Lord, living in the moment, we will find His divine protection guiding us through the day.
Application:
God protects us.
Prayer:
Lord, thank You for protecting us from the evils of this world. Please help us remember Your divine protection when the storms of life come upon us. Let us walk boldly forward, knowing You guide and protect our path.
IJNIP. Amen
