Psalm 91:6-8

Continuing in Psalm 91



6 NOR FOR THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS, NOR FOR THE DESTRUCTION THAT WASTETH AT NOONDAY.

7 A THOUSAND SHALL FALL AT THY SIDE, AND THE THOUSAND AT THY RIGHT HAND; BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NIGH THEE.

8 ONLY WITH THINE EYES SHALT THOU BEHOLD AND SEE THE REWARD OF THE
WICKED.

Chemical poisoning is a sort of pestilence, isn't it, Lord? Is there a special promise here just for me?

Spurgeon says, "Famines may starve, or bloody war devour, earthquake may overturn and tempest may smite, but amid all, the man who has sought the mercy seat and is sheltered beneath the wings which overshadow it, shall abide in PERFECT PEACE. Days of horror and
nights of terror are for other men, his days and nights are alike spent with (You), and therefore pass away in sacred QUIET...Upon the child of (Your) own heart pestilence has no destroying power, and no calamity no wasting influence: pestilence walks in darkness, but he
DWELLS IN LIGHT; destruction wastes as noonday, but upon him another sun has risen whose beams bring restoration. I must remember that the voice which saith 'thou shalt not fear'; is YOUR voice, and You pledge (Your) word for the SAFETY of those who abide under (Your) shadow, nay, not for their safety only, but for their SERENITY."

Lord, in reading this I see the truth that no matter what, even if I die, still there is no "destroying power". The devil cannot hurt me! For if I am here at the mercy seat and sheltered beneath Your wings in Your "secret" holy place, even if I die, I shall still be with You
here. I will only be exchanging one life for the next, but I will not really MOVE. Lord, plant me here in Your "secret" place and under Your shadow. As I make this place my "HOME", make this Your Word REAL to my heart and encourage me in it to KNOW that this place shall
ALWAYS be my "HOME". I don't have to ever "move", and when I die, there will be a change, but my real "HOME" shall be the same, for my HOME is with YOU. THEN I shall really know that this is so(!), but even now may I begin to really KNOW this truth! "For now we see
through a glass, darkly; but then face to face..."(I COR. 13:12a)

Lord, as I meditate on these things, I realize that there are special promises for me here in this blessed and precious psalm, but I am beginning to see the the MOST IMPORTANT promise for the child of God who is RESTING in Your "secret place" is that of SERENITY and
QUIETNESS from FEAR. I really want to "hold onto" this, Lord! May it be a reality in my life.......NO FEAR! Amen!