REFUGE, SHELTER, PROTECTION, SECRETS

Psalm 91 (KJV) starts out by saying "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the AlMighty,I will say of The LORD, He is my refuge, my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.I have come to rely heavely on this Psalm. Since my children were young and we would read and meditate it together through now. Those children are now grown young married women with lives and families of their own and now we all depend on the promises of that Scripture. It is worth pulling it a part, and taking it bit by bit, and with ears to hear what the Spirit is saying, meditate this life-saving Word. Life- Saving, cause for me there are times that life can be a bit overwhelming,challenging,and somewhat difficult, to say the least, so I seek REFUGE,SHELTER and PROTECTION from the only place I know and that is THE SECRET PLACE. All I need for survival is in this place God has welcomed me into. I didn't have to have a certain income level to enter, there were no prerequisites to meet, I was approved right away, it didn't matter that I was on the other side of the railroad tracks, I wore whatever I had, cause He looked at my heart anyway,my hair style was whatever, my nails were so unimportant, my makeup was however, I was allowed in, empty pocketbook and all. So what is REFUGE? Websters Standard Dictionary's definition is a place of safety or shelter. That puts me in the mind of shelter perhaps from a rain storm or a tornado or hurricane of some type. All of which I wouldn't want to be caught in. God must have known that this life would have these kinds of occurrances and so He said He would be refuge for us. In His shelter there are protections that a believer such as you and I can rely on in troubling times. Abiding in God(v1) means staying connected to God, attached to God, obeying God,trusting, resting and believing God in these kinds of times. Thank you God, cause that last statement is for me and you used my own mouth to re- tell it to me. YOU ARE AN AWESOME GOD!!!! Saying of the LORD (v2) He is my refuge my fortress... is vitally important cause the Scriptures tell us the importance of the tongue in all this. Proverbs 18:21 tell us that 2 things come off the tongue, life or death. I can either speak life about me or death about me, it is my choice. Partnered with that is what is in the heart. The Holy Word says that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks".(Matthew 12:34) When the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the mountains have been conquered, balloons are floating in the air, ( you know, in the good times), it is easy to talk good. But for me it is those trying times, when my tears fall, the clouds are dark, the sun is not shining and every problem that is not attached somewhere finds me and attaches itself to my life. That is when I have to more or less be silent cause what is in my heart and what might come off my tongue is not pleasant. I am only speaking of myself, cause it seems that everyone I come in contact with has it all together.WOW!!! Verses 3-9 talks a lot about protection and the many things God protects me from and these protections cover me night and day, shielding me all around being the buckler. One minister I listened to said that a shield would cover a warrior on 3 sides, front, left and right, and the buckler was protection all around the body and up and down. That sounds like God means for me(us) to be covered every which-a-way. Some will fall, they will be near and far or close to me or far from me but because of this protection, it will not come near me although my eyes will see it. God has commanded the angels, and they obey His Word to provide protection from the enemy. God has commanded His love to me as well even knowing I am a sinner (Romans5:8) He gave me a hope. Glory to God!! He says when I call to Him, He will answer me (v15), (Jeremiah 33:3) and never leave me especially in the troubling times, THANK YOU GOD!!! YOU ARE ALL I HAVE WHEN TIMES ARE DIFFICULT!!! I absolutely cannot make it without this relationship with the FATHER. I am lost and can't see clear when I take my eyes off HIM or I let life's distractions move me away. Help Me JESUS!!! Satisfaction and longevity in Christ is 1 of the many promises God gives in this SECRET place of abiding and resting and trusting and faith in Him. For me, this is it. Maybe you all know some other way, without God. I can't point to a specific area of my life and say look at all this success here or look at all this success there. My life is peppered with some successes here and some successes there, more in this area than in that area. I can say that God has never left me without the answer to a situation in due season, and He kept me from falling many times and when I did fall (I can be hard headed at times), He was the ONE that helped or sent help. Thank GOD!!! His GRACE is amazing, and His MERCY lasts forever and all times, THANK YOU GOD!!! So as I started with Psalm 91 and in verse 1 I shall dwell in THE SECRET PLACE OF THE ALMIGHTY come what may. What about you? Peace. I love you. GOD LOVES YOU!!! JESUS IS LORD OVER ALL THIS, AMEN. Psalm 91. Isaiah 41:10-13.