Psalm 91:1-2 ‘He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.’

DAILY READING; Mark 3:1-19; 2 Samuel 6; Daniel 3

David Ray Wilkerson was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade. This book written in 1962 was about David Wilkerson’s street ministry to young drug addicts and gang members in New York.
In the book, Wilkerson tells of the conversion of a notorious gangster named Nicky Cruz.
When David Wilkerson met Nicky on the streets of New York in the 1950s, Nicky was reputed to be the most ruthless gang leader of his time. He led a fearsome gang called the “Mau Maus”, which controlled a section of Brooklyn New York.
Even the police were afraid to enter Nicky’s gang-owned neighborhoods. However it was in that very place that a skinny preacher, David Wilkerson went to preach the love of Christ.
When David Wilkerson stood in front of Cruz and told him that “Jesus loved him and would never stop loving him”, Cruz responded by slapping Wilkerson and threatening to kill him. However that didn’t deter Wilkerson from continuing to tell Nicki Cruz about the love of Jesus.
Though he thrust his knife at David several times, Nicky was totally unable to hurt David. Every time he lifted the knife David just said, “You can cut me into a thousand pieces and every piece will still say, ‘I love you and God loves you.'”
No matter how Nicky tried, he couldn’t get his knife close enough to David to hurt him. A supernatural force always stopped it short.
When David Wilkerson held an evangelistic crusade in Nicky’s neighborhood, surprisingly, a large number of gang members came to the crusade ground and gave their lives to Christ, including Nicky Cruz.
Afterwards, these converted gang members went to the police and turned in all of their weapons shocking the police officers in the station.
Nicky Cruz would eventually attend Bible college and later became a great evangelical preacher and author of several Christian books.

When we walk in obedience to God’s will by relentlessly showing love to people, God’s supernatural power will protect us.
When God is with you, though you may walk through the valley of the shadow of death you shall fear no evil.
Indeed when we walk in love, there will be no room for fear because perfect love casts out fear.
When we abide in God’s will by walking in love, we dwell in the realm of His divine security.
Truly, even the most dangerous path is safe if you are walking in God’s will, but the safest path will be dangerous if you walk outside of His will.

In these last days, we have been called to take the Gospel to the world. Proof of our love for God is passion to see people saved, established in the faith and living a new life in Christ.
As we spread the message of God’s love, even the most hardened hearts can be changed.

However, unfortunately, there may be those who will interpret meekness to be weakness. Just because you are walking in love, there may be people who would decide to take you for granted and treat you badly. However, as long as you are walking in obedience, God knows how to take care of such situations. As you hold your peace, God will fight for you.
No matter how anyone tries to attack you, don’t take satan’s bait and get offended. Stay in God’s Will, and always walk in love.
Walking in love gives you spiritual defense. Because God is love, as you dwell in love, you dwell in God and if God be for you, who can be against you?

An intimate love walk makes you the apple of God’s eye. This is why in Zechariah 2:8, God says, anyone that touches you touches the apple of His eyes.
Indeed as God’s anointed, we have become a ‘touch not’ and “unharmable” to the forces of wickedness.

Let us therefore endeavor to always walk in the love of God because it is our guarantee of God’s divine Presence, His protection and preservation.

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for the grace to go forth and share Your message of love to the world. As I do, I thank You for Your divine protection upon my life. Certainly, I am under Your divine cover and inaccessible to every force of wickedness in Jesus Name.

QUOTE
The truth of God’s Word in the life of a believer is always reflective, the results can never be hidden. – WORDBITE 222