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TOTAL PROTECTION IN PESTILENCE AND WAR
MONDAY, APRIL 1
Psalm 91:1-16
Matthew 5:45
“…He is my refuge
and my fortress…”
TOTAL PROTECTION IN PESTILENCE AND WAR
That everything that happens in the world today is governed by God’s Providence is a beneficial doctrine that brings us back to God’s omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence. The daily sunshine or rain that the world receives, whether by the good or the evil, is called general providence (Matt 5:45).
When our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount says God takes much more care of His children than birds and flowers (Matt 6:26-30), He teaches a particular providence. Now this particular (special) providence of God over His own in the context refers to peace-time care.
In this Psalm we go one step further. We are assured of a particular providence that extends to troublous times. Here the Psalmist testifies of a total protection given to us who are abiding closely in Him as in Psalm 46 which tells us God is an instant Help in trouble. The dangerous and pestilential circumstances cover every danger of disease and war. Whether great or small, God has promised to protect and save us. He will send His angels to keep charge over us. Like a nurse over a little child, she will not let him fall and bruise himself.
Now when Satan tempted Jesus to jump down from a pinnacle of the temple (Matt 4:5-6) quoting Psalm 91:11-12, this is a case of using Scripture out of context. So it has become a proverb: “Satan quoting Scripture.” When we jump down from a high tower to show off, angels will not bear us up, but rather Satan will press us down. Angels will take care of those who trust in Him, who obey His Word, who seek His glory. In such a case, if there should be a falling down as in an air flight, the Lord will take good care of us, come what may. To court danger for the sake of sensationalism is to fall into Satan’s trap. To speculate in business, to take great risks for the sake of earning a fast buck is to fall into Satan’s trap.
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 91:1.)
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for Thy promise to be with me in times of trouble.