Daily Devotion

August 28, 2006

Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

If we make our abode in the secret place of El Shadai, God the Almighty, if we make Him our refuge, fortress and trust, no plot and no evil device can succeed against us.

The enemy of our soul is cunningly smart. Like the drug pusher of the city streets gives free samples to get his clientele hopelessly addicted to his witchery, so the devil snares people in his traps by getting them used to the material blessings of the world. He offers them for free, knowing that they will eventually pay for it with their souls. Resistance is futile; he uses his knowledge of the very elements of our wicked, carnal, and selfish human fiber to trap us.

The only hope left to us is to place our dependence for our happiness and supply on God. God gives His blessings and they are without sorrow (Proverbs 10:22), unlike the enemy’s blessings, which come with a curse on the soul.

Come, ye evil trickeries; wicked mechanisms invented in darkness. I rest in the shadow of the Almighty God; He is my refuge and fortress; I bathe in the brightness of His light. Come if you will; like the moth that cannot resist a light in the midst of darkness, your deviltry will burn as it approaches even near me.

Patrick Lumbroso
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