The Shelter of the Most High

Wednesday's Word

To be nowhere but under the Shadow of the Almighty!

A Secret Place in God provides:

A shadow that covers us, Psalm 91:1

A refuge that provides security, Psalm 91:2
A rescue from being trapped, Psalm 91:3
An impenetrable shield, Psalm 91:4

A Secret Place in God means…

We are not to fear nightmares, Psalm 91:5a
We are not to fear serious accidents, Psalm 91:5b
We are not to fear mysterious disease, Psalm 91:6a
We are not to fear visible disaster, Psalm 91:6b
We are not to fear what happens to others, Psalm 91:7
We are not to fear what happens to the wicked, Psalm 91:8

A Secret Place in God is a place…

Where we are with the Most High God, Psalm 91:9
Where we are free from damage, Psalm 91:10
Where we are guarded by angels, Psalm 91:11
Where we are carried by angels, Psalm 91:12
Where we are able to stop anything harmful, Psalm 91:13
Where we love God, and God delivers us, Psalm 91:14
Where we call God and God answers us, Psalm 91:15
Where we see God’s salvation and experience real life, Psalm 91:16

I've thrown my lot in with Him.

Wednesday's Word

When I saw the above photo, after the awwwww, I could immediately relate!

“I can do it…” “I’ll get through this...”

I’ve made statements like that many times. If I didn’t say it out loud, I have thought it and acted accordingly. Sometimes, I’m able to get through on my own strength and other times I completely fail, with total awareness that my strength was no match for what I was facing.

David shares that “the Lord” was his strength and his shield. He also depended on his own strength and shields, succeeding and failing over the course of his life.

I L O V E his story, testimony and humanity.

As a successful military commander and King, I’m sure that he knew very well the limits of a man’s strength and his shield.

Would he have entered the battlefield weak, without a shield, just depending on the Lord for strength and shielding?

 I doubt it.

David learned what part he played and what part the Lord plays. 
He learned to engage in the battle with the Lord. 

• Is there a better outcome if we do depend on the Lord’s strength and shielding? YES.
• Are we able to do super-human feats whenever we want? NO
• Are we protected from every possible attack? NO.

The disciples suffered by fleshly standards. They too would have said,

“The Lord was their strength and shield.”

When we say the Lord is our strength and shield,
we are calling Him into our life’s experiences. 

Walking with Him is far better than any possible outcome we achieve without Him.

Additional encouragement here!

I'm not moving

Wednesday's Word

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David makes it clear that he cannot be moved because God is His only rock, God is his only salvation and God is his only defense.

This is very important because we tend to lean on other rocks in our lives, at least I do!

What are your other rocks?

I've had many false rocks over the years only to watch them disinegrate before my eyes.

• schedules
• timelines
• other people
• my own false notion of control
• the list could just go on

God loves us and He is jealous. He is faithful to remind us that we only need one rock and that's Him. People can come and go but if I lean on Him I'm not moving.

Swaddling Cloths

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

2Corinthians 9:15

The birth of Lord and King.

A babe baby wrapped in swaddling cloths.

His provision

His beauty



His pleasure

 



His rest



His still small voice




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His Majesty

Continuing to give thanks...........

#61 The warmth of the sun on my face.

#62 Brisk cold winter breeze that stings my cheeks and makes them rosy

#64 Egg Nog

#65 Anticipating the birth of our Reason for the Season

#66 Hearing my lovers breath as he sleeps

#67 Christmas lights

#68 Christmas movie marathons.

#69 Taking communion


#70 Dare I say...Starbucks

#71 Beautiful trees in my yard.

#72 The beauty in my neighborhood that I get to enjoy every day!

Wednesday's Word

2 Corinthians 3:18 (The Message)

Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.

Wednesday's Word

Psalm37:4

Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Deliverance out of bondage and distress to LAUGHTER!

Psalm 126:2
"Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.”

God; my Hope

But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,
the woman who sticks with God.
They're like trees replanted in Eden,
putting down roots near the rivers—
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,
never dropping a leaf,
Serene and calm through droughts,
bearing fresh fruit every season
Jeremiah 17:8