Psalm 114:7
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
DAILY READING – Acts 8:1b-25; Deuteronomy 33-34; Job 20
Imagine having an invisible energy shield that protects you wherever you go. Having such a shield means you don’t ever have to worry about attacks. All you need to do is to simply raise a hand and your energy shield comes up to protect you from any attack. Sounds really wonderful, doesn’t it?
Well, scientists are seriously involved in ongoing research to produce such an energy field. The European Space Radiation Superconducting Shield (SR2S) project hopes to create such a force field. Their initial focus is to protect astronauts from radiation during space missions because risk of radiation has currently become a major obstacle to deep-space exploration.
The SR2S force field will be modeled after the earth’s magnetosphere that protects the earth from solar radiations. Though the Sun is an essential element of life on Earth, however, not all the rays of the Sun are useful. The Sun releases enormous amounts of energy and material which sends radioactive particles into space. These are blasted out from the Sun in a steady wind that travels at 450 km per second. These radiations could kill any living being in a very short period of time. But the earth’s magnetosphere, as an invisible force field surrounding the earth, protects us from these radiations. This it does by channeling away the solar wind, so that it doesn’t impact the earth.
Scientist are therefore exploring the possibility of duplicating this process, as they use a similar approach in the SR2S technology aimed at creating a magnetic field 3000 times stronger than the one that protects the earth. It will be a 10 meter (30 foot) cosmic ray deflecting force field, around astronauts and their spacecraft, that protects them from radiations.
This concept already has been a staple of many science-fiction works. In many sci-fi books and movies we often see portrayed such a force field, or defence shield of energy, that protects a person from attacks or intrusions.
It is however interesting to note that God who created the magnetosphere to protect the earth, has also provided for His children a spiritual force field to shield and protect us from harm. God has made possible for us, an environment where we can dwell and never have to worry about attacks. God’s Presence is this environment. Psalm 31:20 says ‘Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.’
When we dwell in God’s presence we are divinely protected from every evil.
Psalms 91:1-4 says ‘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. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.’
All these scriptures assure us that God’s Presence is a shield of protection for us. When God’s Presence surrounds us, evil loses every access to us. And we engage God’s Presence through praise.
Psalm.32:7 says ‘Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.’ Surrounding ourselves with songs of deliverance keeps us hidden in God’s Presence. Heaven is a place where praise goes on nonstop, therefore God’s Presence is maintained continually there. Similarly when we surround ourselves with nonstop praise on earth we also reproduce a Heavenly atmosphere where God abides continually. And we are told in the book of revelation that in heaven no place was found for the devil. Therefore you can keep the devil permanently out of your environment through engaging praise. God inhabits the praises of His people. When we dwell in praise, we dwell in God, and it is an environment of total protection.
PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to praise You continually, so that I can always be surrounded by Your Presence as a shield against every force of darkness. Let the flow of your praise never cease from my lips in Jesus Name. .
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Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222
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