Thursday March 13th, 2025
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1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.”
The world has become such an unsafe place that everyone needs to move around with some form of protection.
Those who are rich enough often employ armed bodyguards but this can never be sufficient.
Some other people choose to go to the devil for protection but this would always land them into much more trouble.
I recall the story of a boy in my village who was always getting bitten by snakes. We later found out that his father had taken him to an oracle for protection against snake bites; that was the beginning of the incessant snake bites.
John 10:10 says that the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy.
The devil is your enemy; don’t be fooled when he says he wants to protect you.
His ultimate goal is to steal from you, kill you and destroy you.
A woman once brought her four daughters to us for prayers. The youngest was 28 years old and no man had approached any of them to ask for their hand in marriage. After a little investigation, the woman confessed that, to protect her children from dying, she had consecrated them to the ifa oracle. What she did not know is that, by so doing, she had simply given the ifa oracle new wives. We prayed and God broke the link between the girls and the oracle. The four of them got married within a year.
The devil is your enemy; don’t go to him for protection.
- There is only one real source of protection that cannot fail and that is the protection from God Himself.
Being the Almighty means that He is mightier than the mightiest.
Matthew 28:18 says Jesus has all power in heaven and on earth.
Philippians 2:10 says that just at the mention of His name, every knee in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth should bow.
That includes physical and spiritual enemies. This same God said in Hebrews 13:5GWT
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When He is protecting you, you can sleep with both eyes closed; no evil can befall you, because you dwell in His secret place Psalm 91:1.
Those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High spend quality time with Him daily.
They are the ones who abide under His shadow.
Prayer focus – Father, please put me under Your shadow from today in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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