Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways (Psalm 91:9-10).

A place of refuge

Making the Lord your refuge suggests that it is to him you run to in times of trouble and despair. It is obvious that there will be times of trouble and times when the evil one comes near to us to derail what God has called us to do. It is at these times when doubt and anxiety sets in and like the fledgling nation of Israel escaping from the clutches of the evil king of Egypt, once he seems far enough away we soon forget the bitterness of slavery and argue to return to the ‘easy’ life of bondage.

The journey towards the fulfillment of what God has called you to is fraught with danger. On the one hand we can become so busy fighting the surrounding enemies that we forget that we are on a journey and there is a destination, which is not where we are now. Our journey like that of Israelites through the wilderness, dictates that we will face many types of adversaries who use different methodologies to fight. However, their aim is the same; to keep us from getting to where God has ordained for us to be. That is to make him our dwelling place! To be in that secret place where he leads and guides us! Where our motives and pure and our trust is in him alone; where we recognize that there are angels watching over us, even though we can’t see them. This is the thin place, the place of refuge, the secret place.

However, if we use our intellect and our initiative to get ourselves out of sticky situations we put God on the subs bench and he will stay out of the game until we are injured or exhausted.

If we make the Lord our dwelling place today, His angels will watch over us and His Spirit will lead us to become more and more like Jesus.

Read Psalm 90 &91