Monday, November 26, 2018

Your Daily Slice


KISLEV 18
Underfoot


“You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample UNDERFOOT.”  (Ps 91:13 AMPC, emphasis mine)

At one time, during its long and fascinating history, the Tower of London was home to its own private ‘Menagerie’, or zoo.  During the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, the Menagerie was opened to public viewing, and boasted an assorted population of lions, tigers, bears, leopards, elephants, hyenas, and other exotic animals.  There is a story told of one particular lion, who had a loud and fiercesome roar, and would invariably let it sound out when the corridors and sidewalks were the most crowded.  Visitors were assured that his cage was secure, that no, he could not escape, and that yes, he was properly fed and not hungry.  And besides all of that, he was also missing most of his teeth.

We are told in the Word of our Elohim that our “enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1Pet 5:8 CJB, emphasis mine).  Similar to the lion in the cage, our enemy can roar all he wants to, but he has few teeth, which leaves him little to chew with.  He only has what ‘meat’ we are foolish enough to give him (by fear and/or intimidation), or what he can successfully deceive us into giving him.

When an attack does come, our line of both offense and defense is our deliverance and redemption; we are bought and paid for by the blood of Messiah Yeshua, and our lives are not our own.  As long as we stay in right relationship with our Abba Father, through obedience to His Torah, our adversary, the ruler of this world will find nothing in us and can have no power over us (John 14:30).  

When we choose to live by emunah, faith, trust and belief in our Creator, nothing comes into our lives without first being filtered through our Father’s hands.  In other words, whatever our circumstances may be, our Creator has allowed us to be in just such a situation, to test us and to prove us (see Deu 8:2; Ex 20:20).  Despite what our external situation appears to look like, we must always remember where our home is: “in the secret place of the Most High”.


“I lift up my eyes to the hills; Where does my help come from?  My help comes from יהוה, Maker of the heavens and earth.  He does not allow your foot to be moved; He who watches over you does not slumber.  See, He who is guarding Yisra’ĕl Neither slumbers nor sleeps.  יהוה is your guard; יהוה is your shade at your right hand.  The sun does not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.   יהוה guards you from all evil; He guards your being.  יהוה guards your going out and your coming in Now and forever.” (Ps 121 ISR)


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