Proverbs 1:33 ‘But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

DAILY READING – Philippians 2:12-30; Ezekiel 21-22; Isaiah 50

The 9/11 terrorist attack on America led their Government to execute a classified “Continuity of Operations Plan”.

As fears heightened about al-Qaeda obtaining a portable nuclear bomb, President George W. Bush took measures to ensure continuity of government in the event key government officials were wiped out in another large-scale terrorist attack.
This led to the formation of a ‘shadow government’, which consisted of up to 150 officials drawn from various government departments.
The shadow government could be likened to a government within the government. This group of men and women were activated to stand by anytime the president and all key officials were all under one roof or in one location. The shadow government was mandated to immediately take over, if a terrorist attack happens to kill the president, Vice president and key government officials at once.

Any event that would require all America’s key government officials to be in one place, led to the activation of the shadow government for what is called “bunker duty”.
Members of the shadow government would live and work in secured underground bunkers that are well stocked with food, water, medicine and other supplies and are capable of generating power.
They would stay there until the event was over and could not disclose their locations to anyone, not even family members.
The growing fear of terrorism has necessitated these measures to ensure that America would still be under guidance and leadership and not in total chaos in the case of a successful attack on Washington DC.

All over the world people and governments are making preparations because of the growing terrorism and global uncertainties..
Indeed just as the Bible predicted, violence is filling the earth, like in the days of Noah.
Christians especially have been the targets of many of these terror attacks.
Therefore, while nations and governments are making preparations to handle the growing crisis, as believers what should be our personal preparations at this time?

The truth is that in these perilous times, God’s presence is the safest place on earth.

Therefore this is the time to go deeper in our pursuit of God.
Just as Noah built an ark of deliverance from the flood, Jesus is the ark that will deliver us from the flood of increasing terror in the world..
Jesus is the Word of God, and as long as we diligently abide in Him, we will be safe from the fear of evil.

Proverbs 1:33 says ‘But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Jesus said that in the world there would be tribulation, but as long as we are in Him we will have peace. Indeed, our preparation at this time is to ensure we are always in Christ, where we abide under God’s covenant of divine exemption.

Those who dwell in the Secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty are off limits to the enemy. They are too defended to be victims. Certainly, the enemy knows his boundaries, he knows he cannot touch the Lord’s anointed nor do His prophets any harm.

We become anointed through spending time in God’s Presence. The more time we spend with God, the more His glory rubs off on us and the more we become untouchable to all evil.
Therefore, while men and governments make contingency plans against terrorism, let us plan to go deeper in our relationship with God, through spending more time in the Word, prayers and fellowship with the Spirit. Doing this will be our sure guarantee of safety in these perilous times.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to keep focused on knowing You more and more. Please grant me the grace to continually seek You with all of my heart so as to live in victory and safety in these last days in Jesus Name.

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God protects us and shields us when we are being led by Him. WORDBITE 222