Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
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 observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge--
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Devotional:
It is impossible for caring parents to hear their children cry and not pay attention. It is unthinkable for God our Father to hear his children call and turn a deaf ear.
Our calls for God should be as instinctive as an infant's cries for his or her parents. When we call out to God, we don't have to kneel or sit down. We think of God as spontaneously as we think of our loved ones on earth, and we can speak to God aloud or in our thoughts anytime, anywhere. God's response to us is just as instinctive and spontaneous. In fact, both our call and God's answer are divine gifts. Together they form the communion of Parent and child, the most valued relationship we have.
God promises to do more than answer when we call. He will be with us in our trouble, deliver us from distress, and honor us when the trouble is past.
In times of trouble God will always come and sit down with us. Even when we are temporarily not ready for God's comfort, he is there. Countless people have testified how real God's presence was to them precisely during their hour of trouble.
Then God delivers us from trouble, either by taking the burden away or by empowering us to carry it.
Afterward we are "honored" by God�refined, touched by his holiness, recipients of some of his glory.
