God is your resting place

 1st Samuel 23:14-17 says:" ¹⁴ And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. ¹⁶ And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. ¹⁷ And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth."

The desert is dreary. The way is long. Heavily burdened, a weary traveler slowly drags onward his wounded feet. Faint by reason of the fiery blaze which smites him from the unclouded sky and the scorching sand, he eagerly looks around for shelter. He pants for even the muddiest pool where he may quench his raging thirst. In such "a weary land," how welcome "the shadow of a great rock," and the clear, cool fountain gushing up within its rugged clefts! But where can such a refuge be found for the soul—weary with wandering, crushed by care, groaning under guilt? Where can its burden be taken off, its sorrows soothed, its mighty thirst assuaged?

But where for me, pursued by my relentless enemy, the devil, entangled by doubts, haunted by fears, with many a barbed and poisoned arrow rankling in my conscience—where for me is the privileged retreat which no hostile foot may enter, where all my wounds may be healed, and where, taking up my abode, I may be henceforth both safe and happy? 

The psalmist provided solution to this problem. Psalm 91:1 says: "He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."

The term here denotes protection. A shadow screens me from the sun, and hides me from my foe.  So the glorious attributes of the Most High, the unclouded rays of His perfections, are as a shadow of defense to His people. No wonder, despite all the evil desire of King Saul towards an innocent boy (David), none of it  could come to reality. God became his resting place

The Almighty God became a stronghold where David could abide and be saved from his enemy. The Lord did not deliver David into the hand of his enemy but rather removed every form of fears, used  the offspring of  his enemy to encourage, strengthen,  and assure him of his honorable position as a king over Israel-His people  .

This week, irrespective of whatever is going on, the Almighty God will not deliver you and your household into the hand of the wicked ones  in the name of Jesus.

You will not be victim of any evil.

He will save and defend  you from all form of hardship.

He will be your stronghold for protection, and favors you in all your dealings.

Have a glorious day