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“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people both now and forevermore.” (Psalm 125:1-2) |
God will always be God. He reigns supreme in the heavens and over all
the earth. You may want to question that in the light of the current events
around you or in the world today. You may sometimes be led to think that God
has resigned His position and is playing the role of an observer. No! Nothing
of the sort! God’s purpose will be fulfilled in the earth. Even in the worst
scenario or when you think the devil is having the upper hand, God does not
stand idly by. He will save His own. We need only call upon His name.
God is able to protect you
“Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly
pestilence. He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will
find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” (Psalm 91:3-4)
I dare anyone try to snatch you from under God’s wings.
God is able to save you
God is Almighty to save. He saved the Children of Israel from the hands
of their arch-enemies, the Midianites and the Philistines and from the
treachery of the pharaohs as they journeyed to the Promised Land. Therefore God
can save our nation The Gambia from turmoil, strife or bloodshed if we all turn
to Him for help.
God is able to lead you to safety
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were in king Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery
furnace and they were not consumed by the fire. Upon their release, their
clothes were not burnt, neither was their hair signed. The psalmist writes; “He
will call upon me (God), and I will answer him; I (God) will be with him in
trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.” (Psalm 91:15)
God is able to do much more than you think
“Now to Him (God) who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or
imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory.”
(Ephesians 3:20) God is Omnipotent (All-powerful), Omniscient (All-knowing) and
Omnipresent (Ever-Present) Besides, nothing is impossible for Him to
accomplish. (Luke 1:37)
God is able to give you victory
Jericho was tough terrain for Israel’s army that Joshua captained. But
God had told him He would give him any territory he put his foot on. (Joshua
14:9) Regarding Jericho, he said; “See, I have delivered Jericho into your
hands, along with its kings and fighting men.” (Joshua 6:2) Joshua had not
entered the fortified city yet but God had already given it to him---with
little effort at that. Their victory was dependent on God’s plan and
directives, not on any power of their own.
God is able to fight on your behalf
When the Children of Israel panicked just after they had left Egypt
because Pharaoh’s army was in hot pursuit, God assured them that all would be
well. Moses transmitted; “The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.”
(Exodus 14:14) What a privilege for the God of Hosts to fight on your behalf!
God is able to give you His peace
Peace is not the absence of war but rather that state of mind that God
gives when everything is in place and under control; when nothing is missing,
nothing is broken----Shalom. “You will keep in perfect peace him [her] whose
mind is stayed on you.” (Isaiah 26:3)
Only believe
All the efforts we deploy at saving ourselves from the evil one will be
of no effect except the Lord stands by our side. We must entrust everything
into God’s powerful hands. God wants to show Himself strong on our behalf if we
would let Him. “Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted above the
heavens; I will be exalted over all the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) When we call upon
Him He answers us. (Jeremiah 33:3)
No harm shall befall us. No danger shall come near our tent. “If you make
the Most High your dwelling---even the Lord, who is my refuge---no harm will
befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.” (Psalm 91:9-10) God will
deflect all the devil’s arrows thrust at us. We must recall that “God’s hand is
not short” to accomplish such marvellous deeds in our favour.
A blind man, along with a mute met the Lord Jesus and asked Him to have
mercy on them. He enquired of them whether they believed He (Jesus) could heal
them. Yes, they answered. He said to him: “Let it be done according to your
faith.” (Matthew 9:29) God will affect our lives according to our level of
faith and “according to the power that is in us.”
God does not have to give proof of His credentials. He parted the Red
Sea and the River Jordan and the Children of Israel walked on dry ground; He
fed them with manna (bread) from heaven for forty years; made the blind to see
and the lame to walk; He rained sulphur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah and
raised Jesus from the dead.
Receive and proclaim the word
Like some animals do, we need to ruminate on passages of Scripture,
consciously and constantly meditating and thinking over God’s word until they
sink into our spirit. God’s word only takes effect in our lives when we speak
it. For our present circumstances say, “No weapon fashioned against me shall
prosper...” And mean it!
