He Who Dwells

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty."
Psalm 91:1

     Wow!  Today in March 2020, bizarre things are happening.  Schools are closed for the foreseeable future.   Restaurants and bars shuttered except for carryout/drive-thru.  Social distancing is the new buzz word.  Spectator sports are, for now,  a thing of the past.  Supermarkets are running low on everything, especially toilet paper for some weird reason.  The stock market has plunged 2000 points. Panic and fear are common.  The media doesn't hesitate to continue to spread panic and fear despite the President of the United States urging calm.  

    What is going on?   There is a pestilence among us.  How do we stop it?  How do we avoid it?  How do we go on in the midst of uncertainty?  Well, first we go to the One that knows all about it.  He has the power to stop it.  Will He?  Perhaps.  But perhaps He is allowing it to bring this nation to its knees, both figuratively and literally.  The United States has been thinking pretty highly of itself for a while now.  It has become smug and arrogant.  It doesn't think it needs God.  It thinks that everything goes.  Well...God thinks a different way.  He wants His people, yes all people, to seek His face, turn from their sinful ways and reach out to Him and He will bless our land.  So as we struggle through this difficult time let us remember the words of Psalm 91:1-7.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High 

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 

I will say to the LORD 

"my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

For He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his pinions,

and under His wings you will find refuge.

His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.