Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

Psalm 91: also known as the deliverance prayer, the protection prayer, the believer’s prayer and the soldier’s prayer (as many soldiers recited it in battle). There are times in our life when we face a battle with an enemy, either seen, or unseen and sometimes it’s both. This is the time to stand on God’s Psalm, on His promise of deliverance and protection. This is where Psalm 91 comes into its own.

There are some things God only gives to the spiritual. And this is one of those things. It’s a prayer for believer’s, something a believer can hold on to, during a particularly difficult time. I urge you to read Psalm 91 for yourself and put it in context with the following words.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most-High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most-High, is he who lives under God’s shelter, His protection.

Will rest in the shadow, meaning those close to God. For if you’re in someone’s shadow, you’re close to them.

One bible verse puts it; He that dwells in the secret place of the Most-High, so it’s not a place available to everyone. It’s a secret place, kept only for those who are close to God.

We are to be an overcomer: “We” that is “God’s church, His people.” However, to overcome, we must to remain close to God. The spiritual person is protected by divine grace, from Satan’s attacks and God brings divine intervention to His believers.

I will say of the Lord; “He is my refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” He is my safety, my stronghold, my security, my protector. He who chooses God, shall find in Him, all he needs. He is a refuge, in times of trouble. He is to be trusted in both the temporal and spiritual.

Surely, He will save you from the fowler’s snare (traps, lies and deception) and from the deadly pestilence. He will rescue you from every trap (physical, mental, spiritual) and protect you from deadly disease (dis-ease), rescue you from the destructive plague and a calamitous pestilence.

He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings (pinions) you will find refuge: His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart (buckler, defence, safeguard).

His faithful promises are your armour and protection, as He overshadows you with those promises. You are in His bosom, where His wings cover you, protect you, hide you. He is your shield, and protective wall. His Truth shall surround you, that of great security which is promised in the midst of danger. The fowler’s lies cannot penetrate the security of God’s truth.

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow which flies by day. Don’t lay awake at night, when the terror of the situation seems to be at its worst. If you can’t sleep, you can recite Psalm 91 and it will bring comfort. 

Nor will you fear the arrows (fearful panic) Satan tries you with, through the day. Remain calm in God’s Truth and in His promises. His Truth shall encompass thee with a shield. The man who trusts in God, with be especially protected in the peril of battle.

Nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, or the plague that destroys at midday. The devil invades in the light and in the dark, but you are to remain calm in God’s presence. Satan is the beast of the field through the day and the beast of the shadows at night. Do not dread the disease, epidemic, illness, plague (fear nothing; temporal or spiritual).

Although a thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, it will not come near to you. Evils will not touch you, no matter how many are falling around you. You have chosen God as your protector. Trust Him now.

You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment (or the reward) of the wicked. The wicked have nowhere to turn. God doesn’t know them. He doesn’t honour them and He hasn’t given them His word. He hasn’t given them His promise of protection. This promise is only for those close to Him. The wicked are the one’s falling around you. (They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright. Psalm 20:8)

Because you have made the Lord who is my refuge, even the Most-High your dwelling place: no harm shall befall you, no disaster come near your tent. Your tent covers all those who live under it. Your tent extends to your family. God will honour you and your family, for He honours the children and the children’s children, for a thousand generation – but only if He is Lord in your life.

No harm, disease (dis-ease), plague, or illness will come near to your home. The Aramaic Bible says: Evil shall not come near to you and disease shall not come near your dwellings. That’s dwellings – with an s – more than just your house, but the houses of those you love. It means the place of your parents, as well as your children.

For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, so you will not strike your foot against a stone.

The angels will protect you, wherever you go and guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up and carry you if needs be. You can pray to your angels for help any time you want. There are legions of them, waiting for people to put them to work.

Though trouble and affliction shall befall the believer, it shall come not for his hurt, but for good. God’s promise is, He will, in due time, deliver the believer out of trouble. While waiting for that due time, God will be with him during his troubles.

Satan tried to craftily make use of the promise of the angel’s protection, by tempting Jesus (Matt 4:6 If you are the son of God, throw yourself down…) Satan lost that battle. God will command His angels concerning you too.  Satan lost the battle of tempting Jesus, as Jesus stood on God’s word and as we stand on God’s word saying “It is written…” we too shall win the battle.

Satan’s using the same tactics today, as he did then: lies and deceit. Telling people “Surely God won’t…” (kill you, as in the garden of Eden, with Adam and Eve). Trust God’s promises in your darkest moments, not Satan’s lies. Remember Jesus used God’s written word and know there are many more promises, written in God’s book of life. Lean on them now, during your time of distress.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra, you will trample (subdue) the young lion and serpent underfoot. A lion has a duel meaning, in the bible. It can represent life, or death (a king, as in the Lion of Judah, or a beast of the field). In this instant, it’s a young lion. A lion in his prime. A beast. A fierce and ferocious hunter.

Beast is another name for Satan. A cobra, or a serpent, is a beast which scurries around in darkness, lurking in the shadows, hiding down dark holes, waiting to strike the unwary. But you, as a believer of God, shall trample the beasts of this world, underfoot. Just as David killed the lion and the bear, so you too, shall kill the beasts of the field.

Because he loves Me, says the Lord, I will rescue him. I will set him securely on high, because he knows My name. I will protect him for he acknowledges Me. He will call upon Me and I will answer him.

There’s God’s promise, right there: I will protect him. (Because you love God and call upon Him.) It’s in His book. It’s His word, His promise. He’s just waiting for us to trust Him to deliver.

God will protect His people, answer their prayers, deliver them, rescue them, honour them and give them a long life. God will satisfy him and show him His salvation. A long and satisfying life, prayers answered, protection given and deliverence to all those who dwell secure under God’s protection.

There are times in a believer’s life, where we walk between wild animals and angels. Our quest at this point is, who are we going to pay attention? Where are we putting our trust? In God’s promises, or Satan’s lies? I know which direction I’m going to take.

At times, every one of us believer’s face a battle (…for in this world we will have trouble…  John 16:33) and you require a battle strategy to get through those times. I have confidence, Psalm 91 is the battle strategy we need.