It's very easy to imagine the obsolescence of the Biblical books. We tend to refer to them as a standard to follow, not as a truth playing out in our own lives. For example, take the 2nd commandment. We may strictly stay away from idols of God, yet we do not apply it to life today wherein our idols can be money, work, cars, children, partners, homes ... the list is long.
Similarly, we have an extremely encouraging Psalm 91 which can give a lot of comfort. Have we tried to see how Psalm 91 applies to our life today, and the truth of it to us personally?
If you are reading this, you have survived Covid. Now look at the picture this Psalm paints -
Psalms 91:6-7 "Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee".
Where are thousands or tens of thousands - Covid claimed 69,80,837 !
Did we not see this, and did we not survive it?
Similarly, the phrase “noisome pestilence” is also associated with misfortunes, calamities, and nocturnal demonic activities that cause widespread death. Have we not seen this as well?
In ancient biblical times, pestilence was viewed as a manifestation of God’s wrath and judgment against idolatry and disobedience. Am not sure it is not true today.
As we delve into Psalm 91 in the next 2- 3 posts, we suggest each one of us take each verse of it and map it to an experience or an event in our life. Loss or jobs, poverty, death, haven't we seen it all?
And has the Lord NOT delivered us from each?
Psalm 91 is a psalm of protection and Deliverance. It contains seven powerful promises. The promises are as real today as they were in ancient times.
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