Psalm 91:13

Psalm 91:13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

Our verse for today talks of the protection that a Christian has when he is acting in God’s will. Remember Paul and the viper on the island of Malta (see Acts 28)? He had washed ashore after a shipwreck and a snake crawled from the pile of wood he had gathered and bit him. The locals were convinced that Paul’s time was short because they recognized the snake as poisonous, but Paul didn’t die. Why? Because God wasn’t finished with him.

Our verse for today carries that same thought. Look at the things that are listed: lion, cobra, serpent. All of these can kill, all of these are in dangerous places. What does that tell us? God is going to send us to places that the world would call dangerous, but if He has sent us, it will be the safest place for us.

Look at your Old Testament. Remember Daniel and the lions den? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace? Both of these situations should have killed and yet in both of these God protected His people. When God gives us a direction we should act! You shall trample underfoot , what a wonderful thought! The dangers of the earth are nothing when we are acting for God. They are things to be trampled under our heels!

Dean Martin once said “Show me a man who doesn’t know the meaning of fear and I’ll show you a dummy who gets beat up a lot.” I’m not asking us to run off willy-nilly believing that God is going to preserve us (read the last post) what I am asking is that we should not let our fear in a situation get in the way of our service to God.

Do not run from adversity Christian. It is the crucible in which God builds the saints. Praise him in whatever storm you are enduring.

Grace and peace to you all.