You Can Get There From Here

Day 139 and 140

Let’s begin by praying the prayer based on Psalms 91.  This is one you may want to pray daily until it becomes etched in your mind—in other words---memorized.  My family needed this when our children were little and we were caught in a tornado with only a tent and a pickup truck.

When we heard the “train” sound, we jilted awake and ran to the cab of our pickup.  The children dug their fingers into our arms as we prayed what we knew of Psalms 91.  We were filling our atmosphere as fast as we could as our pickup was bouncing (and I mean bouncing) around!

We watched boats, campers and trees fly past our window as we screamed out the scripture.  After a awhile (which seemed like an eternity) peace filled the cab of the truck.  The children released their hold on us and we were no longer afraid.  Our pickup was still rocking and reeling but we had peace.  The glory of God had filled our atmosphere.  A few minutes later everything stopped except for a beautiful, quiet rain.

After the rain stopped we packed up our gear and loaded it in the pickup.  By now it was 4:00 am.  We didn’t lose a thing except for one tent peg and I'm sure if we would have looked around, we could have found that!

I wouldn’t recommend waiting for a “storm” before memorizing Psalms 91, but the little we knew did save us.  We thanked God for His grace.

Here it is.  God bless you!

Karol

Psalm 91

 1 I dwell in the secret place of the Most High. I remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].

    2I say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

    3 He has delivered me from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

    4 He has covered me with His pinions, and under His wings I trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

    5.  I am not afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

    6Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

    7A thousand may fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand, but it does not come near me.

    8  I am only a spectator [I am inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as I witness the reward of the wicked.

    9Because I have made the Lord my refuge, and the Most High my dwelling place,

    10There shall no evil befall me, nor any plague or calamity come near my tent. (home)

    11For God has given His angels [especial] charge over me to accompany and defend and preserve me in all my ways [of obedience and service].

    12They bear me up on their hands, lest I dash my foot against a stone.

    13(Because I am a child of God) I am able to tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent I trample underfoot.

    14I set my love upon God, He has delivered me; He has set me on high, because I know and understand His name [I have a personal knowledge of His mercy, love, and kindness—I trust and rely on God, knowing He will never forsake me, no, never].

    15 I call upon God, and He answers me; He is with me in trouble, He delivers me and honors me.

    16With long life He satisfies me and shows me salvation.