Proverbs 1:33 ‘whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.’

DAILY READING Luke 15; Genesis 27:1-45; Psalm 20

In the early 1960s, the United States and Soviet Union drew up a policy of mutual destruction. They agreed that if one nation used nuclear weapons against another, then the attacked nation would respond with overwhelming nuclear counterattack that would annihilate the other nation. This agreement is known as Mutually Assured Destruction [MAD].
“MAD” indeed is an appropriate acronym for this policy, because it meant that from that time, the world entered an era of madness, where it could be destroyed by nuclear weapons.
Worrisome about this policy is the fact that a nation does not have to wait to be sure it has been attacked before retaliating. Once its surveillance systems detect incoming missiles, it aims to quickly launch a retaliation before their own weapons can be destroyed.
This is worrisome because so far, there has been over 22 times when a nuclear retaliation was almost launched due to a mistake or mix-up.
One of such incidences occurred in 1980, when the US air defence command called the White House at 3:00am, with the information that their surveillance computers had discovered 200 missiles headed directly from the Soviet Union to the United States.
President Jimmy Carter was sleeping when the call came. His national security advisor who received the information, fortunately delayed for a few minutes before waking up the president. During this delay, new information came in from the US air defence command that it had been a false alarm due to computer malfunction.
If President Carter had been woken up immediately, he would have had about 5 minutes to take a decision that could have led to a nuclear war.
Alarmingly, it doesn’t matter whether a nuclear strike was initiated due to a mistake or a real threat, once it has been sent, it is irreversible and cannot be called back, leading to unimaginable consequences.
Indeed the ‘MAD’ policy has put the world in a precarious state.

The truth is that it is only the Lord’s mercies and His divine intervention that continues to keep humanity from the madness of self-destruction.
The Bible rightly predicted that the last days on earth would be perilous times. However as believers we don’t have to be afraid because God has a strategy to keep us safe even in the midst of the insecurities and difficulties.
God’s condition for our divine protection is for us to maintain a lifestyle of consistent prayers, study of God’s Word and praise.

Jesus said in Luke 21: 36 that we should pray always so that we can be accounted worthy to escape the evils coming upon the earth.

Also through listening to the Word of God and claiming His promises, we can abide secure and live in safety.
Proverbs 1:33 says ‘whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.’

Then as we express our confidence in God through praising Him at all times, His Presence will keep evil away from us..
Psalm 9:3 says ‘When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy Presence.’

Indeed as long as we are willing to accept spiritual responsibility, we don’t have to worry about the instability of the end-times.
Certainly, God is in control of the affairs on the earth and not a hair shall fall from our heads without His permission.
The Name of the Lord is our strong tower that we run into and are safe.
Therefore despite the uncertainties in the world, we are protected and destined to triumph always because our God is in perfect control!

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace, to pray always, study Your Word diligently and praise You at all times. Indeed I shall never be a victim in these end-times, rather I will keep triumphing always in Jesus Name.

QUOTE
The tests you are going through in life today is not for your destruction, it is for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222.