Psalm 91:1-2 “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” The vultures circle me from high in the sky. They see me lying beside a creek. Yet they will not approach me. For they see that I am protected by the Almighty, the only Almighty. He is always with me. He is close and His shadow is upon me. I am safe. I am not dead or wounded, I rest though danger circles me. I rest because God is my refuge and my fortress.
Psalm 91:5-8 “You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.” The terrors in the world are real. Enemies that frighten the lion and the bear hate me. Evil is around men. Attacks against me are by the thousand, and I don’t even know of them because my Savior and my God protect me day and night. Sometimes I see their failed efforts. I shall see evil vanquished while I remain safe because God loves me. Spiritual attacks, physical attacks, sorrows and hurts raise up against me. Fear has no hold on me. I am unconcerned with that which frightens men because I know the love and the might of the God who loves me.
Psalm 91:9-11 “If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;” The Lord is within me and I am within Him. My God resides in me and day by day He cleans me and renews me. All that I am, every cell within me, is continuously regenerated and remade to be more of who He is and less of the weakness that I am. He is my refuge. My Lord is ever with me. He loves me and guards me. Shall illness overtake me? Shall the enemy prevent me from going forward in the will of God? Never! He cannot! For it is the presence of God who protects me as I walk where He directs me. Should something or someone overtake me, I have no fear because it can only be so by His will. Because He has blessed me with the knowledge of Himself, and because my eyes have seen His love and His might expressed to me, and because He has promised me in His Word, I do not fear. I am absolutely and without repentance convinced of His goodness and love. He knows all and He knows best. If my life is required by the will of my God, then so be it. Surely, as Job said, the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. He loves me no more when He gives than when He takes away. I am convinced of the goodness and love of God and so my heart is at peace.
Psalm 91:14-16 ““Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”” See, see, see the promises of God for those who love Him. For those who draw close to Him to know Him and to love Him. He loves those who have drawn close and witnessed His overwhelming and unmovable goodness and His eternal and tireless love for His children. He promises to rescue them, to protect them because they bear His name. Because they love His name. When they call out to their Father God He will answer them. He tells them that He is with them and so their souls are quiet. It is God Almighty who is with them. They have nothing to fear. Death of this body brings eternal life and fullness of peace. Fear has no home with them, they sleep a sweet sleep. It is God who loves and guards.
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.