It seems lately as though many of those, including myself, who are hungering and thirsting for the Living Bread and Living Water have been increasingly attacked by Satan and his ploys to keep our eyes off of Jesus. Satan’s means for this task is anything. Some forms of his attacks have been with busyness, physical illness, oppressiveness, fatigue, confusion, anger, pursuit of relationships, etc. One thing is for certain, Satan is using our weaknesses against us in order to attempt to drive us away from Jesus. If that is accomplished, he is satisfied. We need to seek the Lord in these times in order that He might reveal to us our weaknesses. When He shows us our weakness and gives us realizations of them, we need to call them for what they are, admit that they are our weaknesses, and turn to Jesus to be our support and strength to move us on in those situations. May He expose the motives of our heart that we might be cleansed of our selfish ways and live for God, of whom mercy, grace, and love flow abundently.
Psalm 91
1 He who 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.”3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.5 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.9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
