Sunday, November 18, 2018

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KISLEV 10
Rescue


“He will rescue you from the trap of the hunter and from the plague of calamities …” (Ps 91:3 CJB)

When we find ourselves caught in a torrential downpour, an umbrella will only do us good while we are standing under it.  The same is true of our relationship with our Elohim:  He can only rescue and deliver us while we choose to remain, to sit down, and take up permanent residency in the “secret place of the Most High”.  Once we have determined with the divine “Post Office” where our address is, then there is no question as to Who our defender is.

And make no mistake, we have a diligent hunter who continuously lays ‘traps’ for us, trying to trip us up and lay us low.  He is very much our adversary, and while he cannot defeat us, for “greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world” (1John 4:4), we must be aware of who he is, and the methods he uses in these attacks.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might possess LIFE, and that they might possess it BEYOND MEASURE.”  (John 10:10 ISR, emphasis mine)

Noah Webster, in his wonderful dictionary of 1828, defines “calamity” as “a great misfortune, or cause of misery, such as a natural disaster”.  However, this word can also mean “personal misfortunes which bring great distress upon individuals”[1].  Let us always remember, in those times of anguish of soul and spirit, that we have that “secret place”, and within that “secret place” is The Comforter, the Holy Spirit of Elohim.  We have a loving Father, waiting to wrap His arms around us, to rescue us, and deliver us, from the troubles of life …


“The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked comes to take his place.”  (Pro 11:8 CJB)

“Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear.”  (Isa 59:1 AMPC)


NEVER forget the place you call home …



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[1] American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828

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