Psalm 3:3 ‘But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head’.

DAILY READING; James 3; Jeremiah 25-26; Psalm 131

The book ‘Hope Beyond Reason’ is the amazing account by Pastor Dave Hess of how God’s power miraculously shielded him. He was 39 years old, when he was attacked by an aggressive, life-threatening strain of leukemia.
As his life hung in the balance and many prayed for his miraculous recovery, an elderly member of his congregation, came one day and told Pastor Dave that God said He would be a ‘shield around him’.
Pastor Dave recognized this phrase, from Psalm 3:3 which says ‘But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head’.
This Word became what Pastor Dave held on to as things took a turn for the worst.
After he completed his final round of chemo, unexpectedly his appendix burst. Since his white blood cells had been depleted from the chemotherapy he couldn’t fight infection. His platelet count was low and his blood wouldn’t clot. In other words, surgery was not an option. And without it, the poison flooding his body from the burst appendix would be fatal.
Doctors didn’t think he could live beyond that week and many friends came to say goodbye. But though death stared him in the face, pastor Dave countered it with the word he had received that the Lord would be a shield around him. He prayed this Psalm out loud and repeated it over and over again. As he held on to God’s Word, he astounded everyone and survived till the next six weeks when his platelet levels normalized and he was fit to undergo surgery. First the surgeon did an exploratory procedure to see the extent of damage done by the burst appendix.
After the procedure, the surgeon brought to Pastor Dave pictures of his appendix and said he had never seen anything like it.
He said that surrounding the damaged appendix were adhesions, the strongest kind of scar tissues and these had acted almost like shields, tightly packed together, that prevented all the toxins in the burst appendix from flowing out. This inexplicable ‘shield’ was what had preserved Pastor Dave from certain death.

When Pastor Dave’s human immunity failed to function, God’s Word gave him divine immunity that preserved him alive.
Battles are real to life. But despite the fierce warfare in the world, we are assured of constant victory through God’s Word, which births in us the faith that overcomes the world.
When we carry the Word of God in our hearts, we will be able to steadfastly resist every attack of the enemy and triumph always.
To see dominion in life, we need to stay spiritually connected to the Word.
God’s Word never fails. He upholds all things by the Word of His power. As long as we keep holding on to His Word, God will also uphold us in every situation.
His Word will be fulfilled no matter how tough the circumstances. God never breaks covenant nor alters what has gone out of His lips.
Our desired miracles, signs and wonders are obtainable through faith in God’s Word. Indeed there can be no dead or hopeless case as long as our faith remains alive.
What may appear impossible to men is totally possible through faith in God’ Word.
Jesus is the Word and His life contained in His Blood makes us overcomers in life.

Revelation 12:11 says ‘And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.’

Through His Blood, Christ has brought us under the covenant of divine exemption and positioned us to triumph over afflictions.
In Exodus 7:12 we saw how the rod of Moses, swallowed up the rod of the magicians. That is similar to how the Blood terminates everything contrary to God’s will in our lives.
God wants by His Word to swallow up death, sickness, poverty, afflictions etc.
Certainly, by the Blood, we are sealed and separated from every evil.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your shield and seal of divine protection upon me and my family. Surely through the Blood of Jesus, no evil shall befall us and no plague can come near us 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