Pearls of Wisdom 11-27-2012

NO EVIL BEFALLS ME

Psalm 91:9-13, Amplified Bible

Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, there shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.  For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].  They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.  You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.

You have made the Lord your refuge.

You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

Therefore, no evil comes near you.  No plague comes near your dwelling.

The Lord gives His angels charge over you to accompany, defend, guard, protect, keep preserve you everywhere you go.

The angels bear you up away from danger.

God has given you authority over all the demonic forces (lions, serpents, adders).  You trample them underfoot.  In other words, they are under your authority.  They have no authority over you.  They have no power over you.

In terms of the power God has given you, let’s talk about several scriptures in the New Testament.

Hebrews 2:14,15

Jesus has rendered the devil powerless where you are concerned.  He completely paralyzed him and put him out of commission forever.  He is rendered absolutely helpless.  Jesus has brought him to naught and made him of no effect.  In modern language, he has been reduced to zero.  Jesus has delivered you from the devil’s authority.  Now you have the authority over him.  Jesus has redeemed you, released you from the devil’s captivity or bondage

Colossians 2:14,15

Jesus has nailed to the cross the handwriting of all the ordinances that satan has written against you, the law of sin and death.  Therefore, it is cancelled and blotted out and wiped away forever.  God Himself has disarmed the principalities and power that were set against you; He has triumphed over them in Jesus.

1 John 3:8

Jesus was manifest in this earth to loosen, undo, dissolve, destroy the works of the devil for you.  When Jesus went to the cross, the works of the devil were destroyed forever where you are concerned.

Colossians 1:13,14

The Father has delivered you and drawn you to Himself from the control and dominion of darkness (which is satan, all the demons and all their assignments of depression, oppression, etc.) and transferred you into the Kingdom of the Son of His Love, Jesus, in Whom you have your redemption; your release is secured through the blood of Jesus, which means the forgiveness of your sins and all that sin brings.

What about the angels?  Hebrews 1:14 tells us that the angels of the Lord are ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who are heirs of salvation.  If you are born again, that is you.  Psalm 103:20  “Bless the LORD, you his angels, (His mighty ones) that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of the Lord.”  And the voice of the Lord is the Word of God in your mouth.