Psalm 91 - The Psalm Of God's Protection

Psalms 91 is my favourite pslam... it is the psalm that the Lord is saying to us that He Loves us and He PROTECTS US. Amen!

In verse 1, it says "He Who dwells in the Shelter of the Most High will rest in the Shadow of the Almighty!"

The word "dwells" means to stay permanently... it has the picture of someone lieing down to sleep over the night.

"Most High" is the word "Elyon" in Hebrew which means "The Most Important One".

"Almighty" is the word "EL-Shaddai". "EL" means God and "Shaddai" means "The All-Breasted One"

The Bible says that anyone who stays in the shelter of the Most High GOD will SURELY get to REST...., i say again "To Rest" in the shadow of the Lord who is so mighty and powerful.

Now to rest does not mean that you dont need to do anything, it means that now you can relax your mind and remove the worry on your heart because you know that God HIMSELF is standing over you.

I have a picture of this a few years ago when i was studying in Melbourne. One Sunday morning after reading Psalm 91, I was heading to church early as i was singing that Sunday in my church's choir.

As i was walking down the CBD, i saw some very tall sky-scrapers and the sunlight from above is shining upon it at a 45 degrees angle as it makes its way up. And as i got nearer to the tall building, i could see its shadow casting down upon me. It was as though i was being enveloped and hidden by this majestic building from the sunlight. It provided a shade and covering for me as long as i am near it.

It then dawned upon me that it is the same with the Lord. The Lord is like this tall sky scrapper and as we draw nearer to Him, as we go closer to Him, His shadow will shelter us from the storms of life.

We still experience the storms and waves... but what stands between us and the storms is now THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Hallelujah!

Isn't it good to know that God is standing over us and sheltering us from the storms of life.

Beloved, Let's not listen to the voice of the Devil or our flesh that says "Ha! See what happen? Life is so hard!".

Rather let us believe what God says in Psalm 91:1 that HE, the Lord Almighty, will be watching over us. Let us draw near to Him and REST in His Shadow today.

Amen!