God Protects Us

Scripture Reading: Psalm 91

Focus Verse: Psalm 91:5  “Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.”

I can remember some years ago I went on a safari in Kenya at Amboseli National Park that was near Mount Kilimanjaro.  We were staying in tents and I can remember you could hear the animals outside the tents and it was kind of scary.  Since it was at night and you couldn’t see the animals that made it more scary.  

 

When the Bible talks about the “terrors of the night” it’s talking about something that could hurt us.  Then the Bible talks about arrows that fly in the daytime.  During the time the Bible was written they didn’t have guns and other weapons like we have now for modern warfare.  They had arrows they would shoot at the enemy. Because we are followers of the Lord Jesus, our enemy, Satan (and his demons) desire to attack us.

 

Satan's attacks can be described as shooting flaming arrows at us.  Maybe it’s the arrow called lust, or maybe pride, or even hatred.  You know what arrows the enemy shoots at you, but God will protect us day and night if we are His children.  Psalm 91 is talking of God’s protection, but the Bible does not say that we will never have problems or difficulties.  We will go through hard times in this life but God has promised to protect us by being with us each step of the way.  In verse 9, it says that if you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you.  We know that the enemy can not win when we shelter in the Lord.

Bobby Johnson

Interlocking Ministries

 

Extra reading:  "Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7