Psalm 91, Truth
In verse 4 of Psalm 91 in the Amplified Bible we read this:
[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and buckler.
God covers us like a hen covers her little chicks under her feathers, under her wings. There is a shelter, a place of protection under the covering of the Almighty God. We are protected and under the covering of His Love power. Hallelujah! What a place to dwell!
God’s Word, which is Truth, and His faithfulness to His Word and to us are our shield and buckler. I looked up the meaning for shield and for buckler in the dictionary and found that with these two items there is a complete protection. You can have a shield on your arm to take care of what comes your way. You can have a body shield in front of you and stay behind that and not be struck. God’s Word is your shield, your body shield and your arm shield. His Word has taken care of protecting us. What does His Word produce? Faith.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith comes as we hear the Word under anointed preachers and teachers. Faith comes as we confess God’s Word over and over and see, understand what God is saying to us. As we confess and hear God’s Word, He will personally make that Word alive in us and for us personally, one on one. It is only when we hear the Lord speak to us with His Word that it becomes faith. Up to that point we are simply speaking and saying God’s Word to renew our minds and cause us to think as God thinks. Sometimes it takes a saturation of His Word to change our thinking. And as our thinking begins to change, it opens us up to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to us about His Word. It is then, and only then, that faith comes. Faith comes. We don’t have to work it up and strive to achieve it. Faith comes. That is what the Word of God says.
In Ephesians 6 we are commanded to take the shield of faith and quench every fiery dart the wicked one brings against us. The shield of faith is made up of the Word of God. The shield of faith is given us by Jesus the Word. It is part of our armor, which is called the Armor of Light in Romans 13:12. The entrance of God’s Word brings Light, the Light of His Presence and understanding of His way of doing things. We put on God’s Word; we put on God’s Light. We “see” with our spiritual eyes what God is saying to us and obey His command. In every situation of life that we encounter, God has an answer. It is found in Him and we discover Him through His Word. His Word reveals Him and the way He operates. To know His Word is to know Him. That word know is not the modern intellectual interpretation most people attach to it. That word know in God’s realm is to be intimately acquainted with God. It is not just a knowledge of Him.
Our shield of faith is the strategy God has given us to win the battle in each situation we encounter in life. There will be a different strategy for each situation. It is through confessing and meditating and studying His Word that we will come to a personal understanding of His Word for that situation. It is called rhema. Rhema is a knowing of God as opposed to logos which is the written word. The written word must come alive in each of us as individuals by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Actually, being led by the Spirit of God, is part of being in faith. We become people of the Word. The Holy Spirit takes a particular Word and brings life to it in our understanding and causes us to know that we know that we know that what Jesus has already done for the world has just become alive in us personally. That is faith. And we can use it as a shield against the darts that satan attempts to throw our way.
Isn’t God good to us! He has it all planned from the beginning to end. What we must do is totally depend on Him and enjoy the ride as He drives us through the course of life on the highway of this earth.
[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and buckler.
God covers us like a hen covers her little chicks under her feathers, under her wings. There is a shelter, a place of protection under the covering of the Almighty God. We are protected and under the covering of His Love power. Hallelujah! What a place to dwell!
God’s Word, which is Truth, and His faithfulness to His Word and to us are our shield and buckler. I looked up the meaning for shield and for buckler in the dictionary and found that with these two items there is a complete protection. You can have a shield on your arm to take care of what comes your way. You can have a body shield in front of you and stay behind that and not be struck. God’s Word is your shield, your body shield and your arm shield. His Word has taken care of protecting us. What does His Word produce? Faith.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith comes as we hear the Word under anointed preachers and teachers. Faith comes as we confess God’s Word over and over and see, understand what God is saying to us. As we confess and hear God’s Word, He will personally make that Word alive in us and for us personally, one on one. It is only when we hear the Lord speak to us with His Word that it becomes faith. Up to that point we are simply speaking and saying God’s Word to renew our minds and cause us to think as God thinks. Sometimes it takes a saturation of His Word to change our thinking. And as our thinking begins to change, it opens us up to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to us about His Word. It is then, and only then, that faith comes. Faith comes. We don’t have to work it up and strive to achieve it. Faith comes. That is what the Word of God says.
In Ephesians 6 we are commanded to take the shield of faith and quench every fiery dart the wicked one brings against us. The shield of faith is made up of the Word of God. The shield of faith is given us by Jesus the Word. It is part of our armor, which is called the Armor of Light in Romans 13:12. The entrance of God’s Word brings Light, the Light of His Presence and understanding of His way of doing things. We put on God’s Word; we put on God’s Light. We “see” with our spiritual eyes what God is saying to us and obey His command. In every situation of life that we encounter, God has an answer. It is found in Him and we discover Him through His Word. His Word reveals Him and the way He operates. To know His Word is to know Him. That word know is not the modern intellectual interpretation most people attach to it. That word know in God’s realm is to be intimately acquainted with God. It is not just a knowledge of Him.
Our shield of faith is the strategy God has given us to win the battle in each situation we encounter in life. There will be a different strategy for each situation. It is through confessing and meditating and studying His Word that we will come to a personal understanding of His Word for that situation. It is called rhema. Rhema is a knowing of God as opposed to logos which is the written word. The written word must come alive in each of us as individuals by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Actually, being led by the Spirit of God, is part of being in faith. We become people of the Word. The Holy Spirit takes a particular Word and brings life to it in our understanding and causes us to know that we know that we know that what Jesus has already done for the world has just become alive in us personally. That is faith. And we can use it as a shield against the darts that satan attempts to throw our way.
Isn’t God good to us! He has it all planned from the beginning to end. What we must do is totally depend on Him and enjoy the ride as He drives us through the course of life on the highway of this earth.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:42 PM
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