Daily Devotional 12-3-2021
Psa 91:5-7 CSB You will not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day, (6) the plague that stalks in darkness, or the pestilence that ravages at noon. (7) Though a thousand fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, the pestilence will not reach you. The psalmist, encouraging himself, expanded on the theme of the Lord’s protection from danger. He enumerated how God delivers a believer from various frightening attacks: (1) God delivers from the fowler’s snare, a figure for insidious attempts against his life. (2) God delivers from… deadly pestilence. (3) God covers him with His wings, a figure of safety and comfort. (4) God protects with His faithfulness, explained here by the metaphor of a shield and rampart. As a result of God’s help in these ways one who trusts in the Lord will not fear… terror at night, attack…
Daily Devotional 11-16-21
Joh 14:27 “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful. In New Testament times the normal way to say good-bye was Peace. In His death Jesus provided a legacy for His disciples: My peace I give you. They would have “peace with God” because their sins were forgiven and the “peace of God” would guard their lives. The world is unable to give this kind of peace. Fear of death and fear of the future are removed as Jesus’ followers trust in Him. Thus they need not be troubled.