Life has periods of still and those of turbulence. My tendency is carry all my concerns and attempt to correct those I can, no matter the difficulty or the impossibility. The weight can be very heavy, but none of us are intended to carry such burdens.
The weight on my shoulders was immense yesterday—many things, one of which is medically related. As I waited in the doctor’s office, I feared what the doctor would say, what he would find. God told me He is my peace as I waited and I calmed down some. Amusingly the monitor in the office, which had been rotating through several drug advertisements, moved to displaying the words, “Waiting is sometimes the most difficult part of being in the doctors office. But your doctor wants you to relax.” God wants me to relax, too.
The outcome with my doctor was much better than expected and that lifted a burden. But there was still all the remaining issues I was carrying.
I was awakened early this morning. He asked me to come away with Him for awhile. I wanted to remain in bed and asked if I could do so there (I was still very tired) and he said I’d fall back asleep. So I left to go to the quietest place in my home.
I was well aware of the areas for which I needed to talk to Him so started there. Not finding my rest in Him was one of them.
As I prayed I was reminded that He will give His angels charge over me. As I pondered that I was reminded of a young child becoming afraid and his father saying to him, “Don’t worry, Daddy has you.”
Abba Father has me. He has you, too. We don’t need to fear. We must cast all our cares on Him, because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). Telling God about our fears is one part of it, but we need to actually cast the fears to Him—not simply tell Him about them. When the cares are casted away from us, the cares are no longer with us.
For my scripture reading, I read Psalm 91 given the earlier pondering of the words “And He will give His angels charge over thee.”
Psalm 91 shows us so well how much He has us. And in all of this He asks only one thing—that we put our trust in Him (verse 2).
Psalm 91 NKJV
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,
or 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.
Version History
1.00 – November 30, 2018
1.01 – September 2, 2019
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