OUR PROTECTION

” FOR HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM EVERY TRAP AND PROTECT YOU FROM DEADLY DISEASE. ” PSALM 91:3

As I was reading and talking with the Lord this morning, he asked me a very simple question that seemed to have a very simple answer. But when I went to answer it, I found that it wasn’t that easy. His question was this: “WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN ME AND THOSE YOU LISTEN TO IN THE WORLD. I AM TRUTHFUL, HONEST AND UNFAILING IN ALL THAT I SAY AND DO. THOSE IN THIS WORLD ARE UNTRUTHFUL, DISHONEST, SELF-SERVING AND TOTALLY CONFUSED. NOW, WHY WOULD YOU LISTEN TO AND DO AS THE WORLD INSTRUCTS INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO AND BELIEVING ME? ” This seems like a very straight forward question with a very straight forward answer, but when I analyzed what I had been doing I found that I had been listening to the world more than to what the Lord was telling me. I had been listening to and reacting to what I could see and touch and feel and not to what is unseen. My only answer was that my faith needs some work. My faith needs some renovation. It needs to be stronger. I need to surround myself with and meditate on the Word of God and not the news cast. I should not be believing in this world and allowing myself to make my own decisions. Jesus wants to be involved in all of my decisions and not just those that I remember to pray about. So, I must work at making Jesus my total source. I must begin to live more in the spiritual realm where spiritual reality is taking place. I will never be perfect, but I will be working hard at making my Lord more real than ever in my life. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!