Zechariah 9:11

‘As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

DAILY READING           – 1 Peter 2; Jeremiah 33-34; Psalm 135

Prior to 1946, reaching the tribes in Peru and Ecuador with the Gospel seemed impossible. This was because of the gross hostility previous  missions had encountered in the area.  However in 1946, the Wycliffe Bible Translators developed a central jungle base in Peru and eventually established workers in 44 tribes.  Two of these workers were Lorrie Anderson and Doris Cox, sent as missionaries to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru. The area was ruled by Chief Tariri, the most feared headhunter in Peru. But despite the danger to their lives, these two women entered the Shapra territory to live there and preach the Gospel. Miraculously, God severally protected them from harm.

One day one of these women, Lorrie Anderson, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list and began to pray with her eyes closed. She did not see a deadly giant snake, weaving through the water towards her. The anaconda struck her, burying its fangs into her flesh, but as it reared up for a death blow, suddenly the giant snake, never known to release its prey, left her and slithered off back through the water.

By divine intervention, help arrived soon enough. But while Lorrie was being treated, a witch doctor from a nearby village suddenly burst into the hut and stared at her in disbelief. The woman said her son-in-law, also a witch doctor, had chanted to the spirit of the anaconda that morning and sent it to kill the young missionary. And under normal circumstances a victim of the snake should  have died, she was amazed Lorrie had survived. Lorrie later said she was certain that except for the protection of God, the enchantment would have worked.

Psalm 91:9 says ‘Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come near thee..’

Lorrie was in God’s Presence and as a result she was divinely protected. Outwardly what happened to Lorrie Anderson seemed like an accident, but from the confession of the witchdoctor, it obviously was an arrow of the wicked. The truth is that many of our battles in life are essentially spiritual. And  it is expedient that we understand the weapons God has made available for us for our divine protection.

One of such weapons is undoubtedly the blood of Jesus. According to Galatians 3:13-14 Jesus shed His Blood on the Cross for our redemption from the works of the devil. In other words, the Blood of Jesus is the Blood Covenant that redeemed us from the curse of the law to enjoy the blessings of grace.

Jesus paid his blood as price for our deliverance from every evil.  His blood was shed so that our blood will never be shed. He died young that we might live long.

The mystery of the Blood Covenant is so essential in this wicked world and the days that we live in.  When the Passover blood was sprinkled in Egypt, it guaranteed divine protection for the Israelites from the angel of death. The same way today when we plead the blood of Jesus over our lives, that blood causes evil to pass away from  us. Indeed the blood of Jesus is our defense against the forces of darkness.

Zechariah 9:11 says ‘As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.’

By the blood of Jesus we have been delivered from every pit of captivity. It doesn’t matter the kind of attack the enemy may have arraigned against you, by the blood of Jesus you are guaranteed victory. Therefore today begin to engage the weapon of the blood. And as you do, be assured that every force of wickedness against you will surely be defeated in Jesus Name.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the divine protection available to me through the blood of Jesus. I know indeed that by the blood of Jesus I am exempted from every evil in Jesus Name.

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When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.