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Dwelling in the Shelter of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1-16)
Don Johnson, January 31, 2010
Part of the Psalms series, preached at a Sun AM service
Our sermon today is the preached version of our recent Wednesday study of Ps 91. The passage ministered to our pastor's heart during a recent hospital stay and the challenge of this passage as presented today is the result. The psalmist speaks of the great blessings of God's promises, but they are blessings that must be appropriated by a man who enters into a personal relationship with God. Jesus Christ is the best example for us to follow on this, and we can see in his whole life how God truly fulfilled his promises to him and how God can fulfill them to us if we commit ourselves to him.
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Psalm 91
91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge—
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.” (ESV)
