Psalms 105:13 – 15  ‘When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.’

DAILY READING  Titus 3; Jeremiah 17-18; Psalm 127

Sometime ago, some Christian News outlets carried the story of the miraculous escape from ISIS of Pastor Daniel, who served in a church in the tribal area of Maasim in the Philippines. This pastor was alone in his church when two men with rifles walked in and ordered him into their car.  They drove him on a rut-filled dirt road deep into the jungle. As soon as they arrived their destination, he saw the black ISIS flag on a pole.  They escorted him over to a hole about nine feet deep and a dozen feet across. Once on the edge they took his phone and pushed him in. As he landed in the soft mud at the bottom, he knew his fate. He’d heard about these holes. No one came out of them alive.

He prayed and waited. He spent about two days in the hole. Cold and coated with mud he got very little sleep. Occasionally, someone would drop down a little food and some water. On the third day, four men, three with rifles and one with a handgun, circled the hole. They accused the pastor of passing out bibles in the area. The ISIS commander told him “You are guilty of counter-Islamic activity. You must die.”

The Commander raised his pistol. Pastor Danial closed his eyes and prayed for God to save him. At that moment a phone rang. He opened his eyes in time to see the Commander back away holding a cell phone. He couldn’t make out what was being said but it was clearly an argument and the Commander seemed upset.

After a short time, the Commander appeared and glared down at Pastor Danial. He said “You must have important friends. I’ve been told not to execute you.”

Pastor Danial only nodded, totally amazed at God’s timely miraculous intervention. Though he didn’t have any friends in high places, he knew the Most High had somehow orchestrated events and organized his release and he silently praised God

Indeed  God does protect His servants. When our trust is in Him, in times of need, God rises to show Himself mighty on our behalf.

Psalms 105:13 – 15 says ‘When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.’

Indeed every child of God carries a ‘touch not seal’ that makes him or her inaccessible to the forces of wickedness. Through Redemption, divine protection has become our covenant right. Supernatural protection is one of the several blessings every child of God should enjoy. The truth is that we are not alone in this journey of destiny. Once you are born again, you have made God your trusted companion. And as we walk in God’s will His Presence will always surround and protect us.

Psalm 23:4-5: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies…”

Indeed, wherever we go, we should be conscious of God’s ever abiding presence. No matter what you may face and no matter the plot against you, always remember that “..Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

As long as we are in God’s will, no devil is permitted to touch us. We are too defended to be victims. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. The Lord will be your shade on the right hand and on the left.

As a child of God, your safety and security are not in the hands of any man, but in God’s hands.  And as you continue to seek  God in a closer walk, you can be sure of His total protection. Indeed no weapon formed against you shall ever prosper. God is too faithful to fail. And as you remain divinely connected to God, wherever you go, whatever you do, you can always be sure of His protection.

PRAYER: Father, because my life is hid in Christ, and Christ is hid in You, I know I am totally protected. Thank You Lord, for giving Your angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways in  Jesus Name. .

QUOTE

When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction.