The Way of Blessing Part 3

Lesson 3

Where is the Kingdom of Heaven?

The Kingdom of Heaven is Here

Listen! God is closer than breathing. Do you want to find God? Do you want to reach Him? You just need to look in here, because He is inside of you. You just need to look over there, because He is inside of everybody else who knows Him. You just need to look anywhere, because God is everywhere! So where is the heavenly realm? The heavenly realm is right here.

What did Jesus preach as He came down, as He went out to begin His ministry? "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Where? Just look right here! Here it is. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. The Scriptures say concerning Jesus (Jesus Himself said this in John 1:18. Speaking about Himself He said), "No man has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father has declared it." "…who is in the bosom of the Father." Hang on, where was Jesus? He was down here on the earth was He not? He spoke those words. He said, "The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father …" Jesus was down on the earth, and at the same time He was in the bosom of the Father. How could that be? Let me show you another one.

The Scripture says in Ephesians 2:4-6, "But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sin, has made us alive together in Christ, and has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus."

Now the kingdom of God is within us. Right now.

In Two Places

You are seated in heavenly places right now if you are a child of God in Christ. You are seated on the throne of heaven, looking down (if it is up there). Do you feel like it? Have I got you confused yet? Have I got your mind ticking yet? You see, God has made man to have three parts to his being - a spirit and a soul and a body. But you see, as man you have a part of you that came from God and has the same nature as God. It is your spirit, and a spirit has access to the realm of the Spirit.

Your spirit has contact with heaven. And your spirit is living in a physical body, which has contact with the earth. That is what Jesus was talking about when He said, "…the Son of God, who is in the bosom of the Father." Jesus was physically on the earth, but His spirit was in union with Father God at the same time. What you do not realize is that you are already walking in the heavenly realm.

From the moment that you were born again and accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, you gained an entrance into the realm of God. That means that your spirit is in touch with the place that the blessings come from. Your spirit is in touch with the Holy Spirit. Your spirit is in touch with the heavenly realm of God twenty four hours a day. The Holy Spirit and God are communing and communicating with your spirit twenty four hours a day.

You say, "Well I wish I could hear from the Lord."

He is talking. Listen! He is talking all the time. You are just too deaf to hear Him. Oh, it is getting into heavy stuff, you know, isn’t it, way out? We are still in the Word. What I am saying is totally scriptural.

Jesus, the Key to Blessings

Paul says that we are blessed ‘in Christ’. When God made man He gave the blessing. He created this earth and He put His man Adam upon this earth and said, "Adam, I will keep control of the universe and of the solar system and of everything that is involved. But what takes place in and upon the earth is your responsibility. I’m giving it to you. You are in charge."

Jesus came as the last Adam. Jesus was born of a virgin, which means that He was born without the taint of sin and He came upon the earth in the same condition that Adam did. We will look at this also in a lot of detail. Jesus came as the seed of Abraham with whom God had entered into Covenant and given all the blessings. We saw it there. "God had blessed Abraham in everything." Jesus entered into Blood Covenant with Almighty God and He shed His own blood in the Covenant. And Jesus entered into a permanent Covenant as man with God. Man and God became one in Christ.

The Scripture says that, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself." Jesus bought back what Adam had lost. Jesus restored the relationship between man and God, which was lost in the Garden of Eden when man fell. Jesus brought us back to that place of blessing, the place of being in Covenant with somebody who has everything. And when you are in Covenant with someone, everything they have belongs to you. Jesus entered into Covenant with Almighty God and as we come in to him; as we become part of Him, the Scripture says that we as believers are members of the Body of Christ.

Now I do not care how humble a part of the Body you are. I don’t care if you are the smallest cell on the bottom of the soul of the foot of the Body of Christ, you are still part of the body, and you are still in Christ. And if you are in Christ you are in Covenant in Him with Almighty God, and everything that God has you have a right to have also. We have already seen that He has all the blessings, so we have a right, in Christ, to those blessings.

Bless Him Back

Now what is to be our response to all of this, when you realize all that He's given us?

"Oh, it makes me want to go out and live like the Devil, it really does."

Is that what it does to you? No! When I realize all that He has done for me; when I realize all that He has given me; when I realize all that is available to me in Him; when I realize how much He has blessed me, you know what I want to do? I want to bless Him back. I want to bless Him back, and I want to give Him everything that I have.

How are you going to bless Him? By saying, "Well God doesn’t want you to be blessed. He provides your needs and not your greeds."

That really blesses the Lord doesn't it? No, how can that bless the Lord? I tell you what blesses me. When I give a gift to somebody, and see the look of gratitude and the joy and the excitement on their face. When they come and throw their arms around me and hug me and say, "Man I appreciate that. Thank you!"

That is all the Lord requires of us. I think no person could be more insulted than if they gave somebody a costly gift, to have the person to pull out their wallet and say, "How much do I owe you?"

But people are trying to do that. They are trying to earn God’s blessings. They are trying to work for His blessings. They are trying to say, "Well, I’m unworthy of His blessings." They are trying to say, "Well maybe it’s not God’s will for me to be blessed at this time. Maybe it’s not God’s will for me to be healed. Maybe God wants me to remain sick to teach me something."

Oh, I do that to my son all the time. I hurt him like mad to teach him something! When he falls and hurts himself and comes crying to me with blood running down from his knee, I say, "Yeah, I want you to stay like that and suffer for a while so that you can learn not to do that in the future." I am not even that bad a parent, but we want to say that God is that kind of parent?

God the Source of Blessing

God is the source of all blessing. James, in his Epistle tells us, "Every good and every perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights, in whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning." Every good and every perfect gift.

Listen, a curse is not a good gift. A curse is not a perfect gift. And sickness and disease, and poverty and suffering, humiliation and loneliness, despair, depression and discouragement are not gifts from Almighty God! They are a curse! And He has redeemed us from the curse, that the blessing of Abraham might come on us.

Well what kind of blessing did Abraham have? God had blessed Abraham in all things. He wants us to be blessed, that is why He gave us in Christ Jesus by His Holy Spirit, every blessing that we will ever need. All we need to do is to reach out in faith and in gratitude to Him, and take those gifts of His love.

THE WAY OF BLESSING PART 2

The Way of Blessing

PART 2

God Provides our Needs

Philippians 4:19 says, "My God shall provide all your needs, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Can you see a few more things there? He shall provide my needs according to His ‘riches in glory’ (the heavenly realm). How? ‘Through Christ Jesus’ (in Christ). Can you see the same pattern? It is there. They are always together. You will see it again and again.

Well, what are some of your needs? How about basic living expenses? How about food, clothing, transport, electricity, and a house with a roof over your head? Basic needs - something that each one of us needs to survive in this world. Does God want us to have these? Of course He does!

How about health? How can I survive with ill health? If my body is sick how can I go out and work? How can I live a normal life? How about wisdom for living; the ability to know how to go about my life; the ability to go out and be employed gainfully and to bring in an income; the ability to deal with problems that come my way; the ability to handle every situation that I face in life. Are these not basic needs? Are these not blessings?

Well if they are blessings, then according to the Word of God, God has provided those blessings for us. God wants us to have our needs met. He wants us to live comfortably. He wants us to have good clothes to wear. He wants us to have a good house to live in. He wants us to have good transport to travel in. He wants us to eat good healthy food. They are our needs, and I do not think many people have a problem believing that God wants to provide our needs.

If I am walking around as a believer groveling around, wallowing, poor and beat up and beat down and sick, how many people are going to come up to me in the street and say, "Man I want what you’ve got. How did you get it?" Would you?

It is time that the people of God rise up into positions in the world that are recognized; into positions of authority; into positions of success; EVEN into positions of wealth, that they can declare to the world, "I am what I am because of what God did in me!"

Salvation Brings Blessing In

What happened when you were born again? What happened when you received Jesus Christ into your life as your personal Lord and Savior? I'll tell you what happened. What happened is the Spirit of God came upon you and came into you, and moved in and took up residence within you, and became united as one with your spirit. And your spirit and God’s Spirit are one in fellowship and in unity. God poured into you His permanent, indwelling, abiding presence by His Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit came in there He brought all of Heaven with Him! He brought all the blessings with Him. He brought all the spiritual essence with Him that would ever be needed to create anything that you might ever need in this life.

In Philippians 2:9 it says:

"Therefore God has highly exalted Him and given Him a Name that is above every Name. That at the Name of Jesus, every knee should bow; of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth."

Things in heaven – that is one realm, God’s realm. Things in earth – that’s the physical realm that we live in. Things under the earth - that refers to the underworld or the realm of darkness, Satan’s realm. Three different realms. God’s realm is normally referred in the Scriptures as the realm of glory.

So Paul tells us in Philippians 4:19, "My God shall supply all your needs, according to His riches in glory."

"Where are God’s riches?"

"In glory."

"Where’s glory?"

"The heavenly realm."

"What’s the heavenly realm?"

"It’s the place where God is."

We are going around in circles aren’t we? Well how far do you need to go to get to the heavenly realm since God is so far away and we have to pray these blessings down? We have to get in the Spirit, and we have to have long times of prayer and fasting. And we have to beam our prayers up there like rockets, and hope that our rockets are strong enough to get there, to reach the heavenly realm. Then God sends it here at the speed of light. And you know that the nearest star is probably several hundred light years away. No, No, No. It gets ridiculous doesn’t it? No wonder so few people expect God to answer their prayers.

GOD IS IN US!!! WE ARE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING!!

HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL

His Name is Wonderful

Isaiah 9:6-7 says: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. There is no end of the increase of His government and peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.

During this Christmas season as we remember the Christ, let's look again at this amazing verse written 770 years before the birth of Jesus -- and see how it can be broken down for greater understanding.

CHILD = H3205-yâlad-means fruit- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; specifically to show lineage: - bear, beget, birth ([-day]), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (Born of woman Son of Man)

SON = H1121-Ben which means INHERITOR, our Messianic Savior.

[anointed one, appointed one, arrow, bough, branch, servant born, steward, valiant, worthy, (Born of God Son of God)

GOVERNMENT (misrah fe) = RESPONSIBILITY, DOMINION RULE, GOVERNMENT which He gives to us.

AND HIS NAME = IDENTITY, NATURE ,reputation, fame, glory, Name (as designation of God)memorial, monument.

And His Name is Wonderful! Imagine that name. "this word is a noun not an adjective!" Wonderful is His Name.

WONDERFUL = same word used as "SUPERNATURAL" (Judg. 13:18). Amazing, absolutely extraordinary, wondrous, wonders, astonishing, amazing, marvelous, a wonder.

COUNSELOR = Extraordinary strategist. One who brings words of eternal life with perfect wisdom. An adviser, wise leader, consult, Well-advised deliberator. One who determines, devises a plan, and guides to a purpose.

MIGHTY GOD = (Gen. 2:4, Deut. 10:17 - Isa. 10:21) The Victorious Father of Eternity. This word is equivalent to "Immanuel" (Isa 7:14). rwbg gibbowr adjective, noun masculine meaning warrior, strongest, soldier, champion, wealth, valiant, powerful, mightiest, skilled, prominent, hero, upright, champion, chief, and in charge.

GOD= el

EVERLASTING = perpetuity, forever, continuing future without end. He alone has total control over eternity.

FATHER = head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan, originator, benevolent protector, respect and honour, ruler or chief

PRINCE = The word for prince is Sar, which has many leadership descriptions such as captain, chief, ruler, keeper, governor, overseer, and commander. There are many more. OF PEACE - WHOLENESS, PROSPERITY, TRANQUILITY -

Jesus is birthed in us! He is our extraordinary Prince and personal analyst Who gives us dominion rule and creates safe socio-economic family environment that will never end. When we allow His peace to come into our lives, there is no question that He is in us! AND THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END.

THE WAY OF BLESSING

Lesson 1 - The Way of Blessing

Genesis 24:1: Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

Galatians 3:13: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Ephesians 1:3: Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

What does the word blessing or blessed mean to you? When you hear that word, does it produce in your mind a picture of being poor, beat up, weak, neglected, lonely, sickly? Are those all the pictures that come to your mind? Blessed - you can just see it can’t you? Can you just see this poor beaten up old person? Is that what blessed brings to your mind?

By the same token what does the word curse or cursed bring to your mind? What does it mean to you? Does it produce this picture of somebody smiling, full of happiness, a picture of prosperity and good health? Is that what the word cursed brings to your mind? I do not think so! When was the last time you heard someone pray, "And Father we ask you to curse us today in Jesus name."? no! Blessing means something good, and we all know that God is the source of all blessing. That is why we are always praying and saying, "Lord, we ask you to bless us today, in Jesus name.

God, the Source of Blessing

God is the author and the source of all blessing. Never yet has somebody greeted another person and said, "God curse you." God is not the author of cursing. I want to look here at the way of blessing; the way of blessing that God has ordained for each one of us, His children.

In Ephesians 1:3 Paul said, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." That one little verse is packed with so much power, that I am going to be sharing on it in quite a good few messages.

God is Blessed

Let’s look at what Paul is saying here. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." God is blessed. Do you know that? That is why He can bless. Hey, If I am going to bless somebody, by giving them out of my abundance, I had better have been blessed in the first place.

You want to find the most blessed person in the universe? His name is God. If you want to find any kind of blessing there is available, you are going to find it there. He has them all, every single one of them. You are not going to find them anywhere else. You are certainly not going to find them in the devil's camp. Hey, the Devil is not blessed. That is where the curse comes from. God is the fountain of all blessing.

He Has Blessed Us

And Paul says, "… the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us …". He does not say, "… is blessing us." He does not say, "… is going to bless us." He does not say, "… might bless us if He feels like it." He does not say, "… will bless you if you are good enough." He says, "He has blessed us." And if you look into the Greek there you will see something very interesting. The Greek tense that is used there for ‘has blessed’, that Greek tense is a tense known as the Aorist tense.

In our English language we have a present, a past and a future. But the Greek Aorist tense was a very special kind of past tense. It was a past tense, which indicated something which took place in the past and happened and does not need to be repeated. It happened and completed itself. So when Paul says here, "God blessed us," he is saying, "God gave us the blessing. It is done, it is over, and it is not to be repeated. It does not need to be repeated because it is complete."

We have been blessed. So why do we pray and say, "Lord, bless us today."? Why do we pray and say, "Lord, bless this person who is suffering with sickness and bless them with healing."? Why do we pray and say, "Father, this person is battling financially. Please bless them and prosper them."? Why do we keep asking God to bless, when according to this verse God has blessed once and for all in the past?

How We are Blessed

Paul tells us that God has blessed us in four different ways.

1. With All Blessings

First he says, "…with all blessings." Now when the Word tells us that God has blessed us with all blessings, I want you to realize that there is no blessing that God does not have. There is no such thing as, "God might have some of them, and maybe some of them are somewhere else, so we can at least get all of God’s blessings. But He doesn't cover all of them, so we are going to have to go somewhere else to get some of the other blessings." No. No! God has them all. You do not have to go anywhere else. If He has not got them it is not to be had. He has all blessings!

Well, can you think of some blessings? Sickness? No God is not sick. Poverty? God is not poor. Hey those are not blessings are they? Just let your mind go and think of blessing. Think of a person that you would call blessed. The world calls them successful. Is success a blessing, or is it a curse? Think about it. Every blessing that you could possibly think about is contained in God, and has been given to each one of us, past tense completed.

2. With Every Spiritual Blessing

Next Paul says, "…with every spiritual blessing". Well what does that mean? Does that mean that we are only allowed to get blessed spiritually? "Things are not spiritual, so we can’t expect for God to bless us with things. We must remain poor. Healing is a physical thing. It is not spiritual, so we can’t expect God to give us healing because that’s not spiritual." Is that true? Of course not!

3. From the Heavenly Realm

Thirdly, He has, "…blessed us with the blessings that are in the heavenly realm." I have heard a lot of people who have seen visions of angels. I see angels quite often in the Spirit, and I have never seen one that is sick yet. They are normally pretty well dressed, so I do not think they are poor. Can you imagine there being a curse in the heavenly realm where God lives? Well every description I have ever heard about heaven indicates that they have so much gold to go round they just pave the streets with it. Every blessing that comes from the realm of God has been given to you as a believer.

4. In Christ

Finally, the fourth way that God has blessed us is, "…in Christ." It is not available to you outside of Christ. If you are not a born again, child of the living God, what I am speaking about does not apply to you, because the blessings have been given to us in Christ and in Him alone. And outside of Christ we do not have access to God, or to His realm, or to His blessings.

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THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH- PS. 91

"THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH" Ps. 91 (Cross references)

VERSE 1

"He [they] that dwells (Psa.90:1) in the secret place of the most High shall abide (Psa.15:1-5) under the shadow of the Almighty."

Yes, in the shadow of My wings shall My remnant make their refuge - Psa.57:1 They shall be kept as the apple of Mine eye (Psa.32:8), hidden under the shadow of My wings (Psa.16:8), like as to an apple under the shade of its tree - S.S.2:3. In the shadow of my wings, even in my shade of protection and preservation (Psa.121:5-7) shall they rejoice - Psa.63:7. For in time of trouble shall I hide them in My pavilion: in the secret of My tabernacle will I hide them - Psa.27:5.

For there in that secret place shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat and for a place of refuge and for a covert from storm and rain - Isa.4:6. And a man, even my strong people (Isa.25:3-5), shall as a hiding place from the wind and a covert from the tempest, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land - Isa.32:2.

I, the Lord, shall set them upon a rock (Psa.27:5), even a solid foundation of Christ's divine truth and knowledge - Matt.7:24, 25. Therein they shall be hidden and covered in clefts of that rock (Ex.33:21, 22), partaking of hidden riches (Isa.45:3) here in the secret places of the stairs which reach heavenward (S.S.2:14) wherein shall be offered in this tabernacle, sacrifices of joy - Psa.27:6. I the Lord Jesus Christ shall be their rock, their fortress, their deliverer and high tower - Psa.18:2; 144:2; 2Sam.22:2. My name is a strong tower: the righteous run into it and are safe - Prv.18:10.

I shall be their strong rock for a house of defense to save & deliver them (Psa.31:2) even to the uttermost - Heb.7:25. Only I, the Lord, can deliver them in My righteousness and cause them to escape the snare of death. Only I can be their strong habitation, their rock and fortress - Psa.71:2, 3. I am the Lord their God and I shall lead them to the place of the rock that is higher than them, and only here in My rock shall be a shelter and a strong tower from the enemy -Psa.61:2,3.

VERSE 2

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge (Psa.142:5; 62:7, 8) and my fortress (Jer.16:19): my God: In Him will I trust."

I, the Lord, shall be their refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble - Psa.46:1; Deut.33:27. Am I not also their hiding place (Col.3:3) and their shield (Psa.119:114), and shall I not preserve them from trouble (Psa.32:7) by hiding them in the secret of My presence from the pride of man, keeping them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues? - Psa.132:20. They shall have learned that in the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and in this place of piety My children shall have a place of refuge - Prv.14:26.

Surely the secret of the Lord is with them that reverently are in awe of Me, says the Lord - Psa.25:14. I the Lord shall be a stronghold in the day of trouble for them that trust whole heartedly in me - Nah.1:7. Oh how great is My goodness, which I have laid up for them that fear me; which I have wrought for them that trust in Me before the sons of men - Psa.31:19.

VERSE 3

"Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisesome pestilence."

I, the Lord, have brought them into the net and they went through fire and water but yet shall I bring them out into a wealthy place - Psa.67:11, 12. Spiritual wealth and riches shall be in their house - Psa.112:3. When they pass through the troubled waters, I shall be with them. And when they pass through the rivers of death, they shall not overflow them. When they walk through the fire of painful trials they shall not be burned; neither shall the flames of wrath kindle upon them (Isa.43:2) for they shall be as a brand plucked out of the fire - Zec.3:12.

I the Lord shall deliver them in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch them - Jb.5:19-24. They that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be fully delivered (Mat. 24:13) and it is to them that I will give power over the nations - Rev.2:26.

VERSE 4

"He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler."

I shall cover their heads in the day of battle (Psa.140:7) and My truth shall continually preserve them - Psa.140:11. As birds flying, so will I, the Lord of hosts, defend them; defending them also will I deliver; and passing over I will preserve them - Isa.31:5. Their soul waits for the Lord who is their help and their shield - Psa.33:20. I the Lord, am a shield (Psa.59:11) and a buckler (Psa.18: 30) unto them that put their trust in Me - Prv.30:5. I shall compass them roundabout as with a shield (Psa.5:12) for I alone am their refuge and their strength, a very present help in time of trouble - Psa.46:1. Yes, I am the Almighty and I shall be their defense and they shall have plenty of the silver of my redemption & deliverance - Jb.22:25. Through it all, I shall be their defense and the glory of their strength - Psa.89:17; Psa.59:9, 16, 17.

VERSES 5 & 6

"You shall not be afraid for the terror by night: nor for the arrow that flies by day; nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday."

The sun shall not smite them by day or the moon by night - Psa. 121:6. When they sit in darkness I the Lord shall be a light unto them (Mic.7:8) and by My light shall they walk through darkness when the secret of God is upon their tabernacle - Jb.29:3, 4. Yes, they shall be far from oppression, for they shall not fear terror for it shall not come near them - Isa.54:14. Whosoever hearkens unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil - Prv.1:33.

VERSE 7

"A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you."

Behold, whosoever shall gather against them shall fall for their sake - Isa.54:15. They shall fall even by their own counsels - Psa.4:10; Jb.18:7. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one (Isa.30:17) and their enemies shall fall before them by the sword - Lev.26:8. One shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to flight - Deut.32:30. They themselves shall fall upon the sword but they shall not be wounded - Jl.2:8. There shall not a hair of their head perish - Lk.21:18. By wise counsel they shall make war and in the multitude of counselors there is safety - Prv.24:6.

VERSE 8

"Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked."

I the Lord shall let them see their desire upon the enemy (Psa.59:10) when I shall turn back their captivity before their eyes, casting out their enemy and undoing all that has afflicted them - Zep.3:15-20. For then shall the wicked be revealed, whom I shall consume with the Spirit of my mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of My coming - 2Ths.2:8. Then shall the wicked be cut off from the earth and the transgressors rooted out of it, for the upright shall dwell in the land and the perfect shall remain in it - Prv.2:21, 22. These shall be kept from the evil in the world (Jn.17:15), for I the Lord preserve the faithful, and plentifully reward the proud doer - Psa.31:23.

They that wait upon Me and My way, shall I exalt to inherit the land and when the wicked are cut off you shall see it - Psa.37:34. The full salvation of the righteous is of Me and I am their strength in time of trouble. I the Lord shall help them and deliver them. I shall deliver them from all wickedness and save them because they put their full trust in Me - Psa.37:39, 40.

VERSES 9&10

"Because you have made the Lord, which is your refuge, even the Most High, your habitation; thee shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling."

These have loved the habitation of My house and the secret place where my honor dwells - Psa.26:8. I the Lord, will bring Israel again to My habitation, even a sure dwelling, a peaceable habitation, a quiet resting place (Isa.32:18) and his soul shall be satisfied for I will pardon them whom I reserve - Jer.50:19, 20. At destruction and famine shall they laugh; neither shall they be afraid of the beasts of the earth - Jb.5:22. There shall no evil happen to the just - Prv.12:22; Prv.19:23. I shall allow no man to do them wrong for I say with power, touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm - Psa.105:14, 15. No weapon that is formed against them shall prosper - Isa.54:17.

Surely in the flood of great waters, they shall not come near to them (Psa.32:6) for I the Lord shall deliver them from every evil work and preserve them unto My heavenly kingdom - 2Tim.4:18; Psa.33:18, 19. In My faith I shall establish them and keep them from evil - 2Ths.3:3. Surely I shall fight for them and defend them (Psa.5:11; Zec.9:15) and they shall hold their peace - Ex.14:14.

VERSE 11

"For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways."

Are not my ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? - Heb.1:14. Surely they shall also gather out of My kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity - Matt.13:41. The angel of the Lord encamps round about them that fear Him, and delivers them (Psa.34:7) for their angels do always behold the face of their Father in heaven - Matt.18:10.

In time of trouble, I the Lord will preserve them and keep them alive; and they shall be blessed upon the earth for their God will not deliver these unto the will of his enemies - Psa.41:1, 2. The angel shall seal these servants of God in their foreheads - Rev.7:3. These beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Me; and I shall cover them all the day long - Deut.33:12. But woe to the rebellious children says the Lord, that takes counsel, but not of Me; and that cover with a covering, but not of My Spirit, that they may add sin to sin - Isa.30:1

VERSE 12

"They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone."

I the Lord shall be their confidence and shall keep their feet from being taken - Psa.3:26. I will not suffer their feet to be moved (Psa.66:9; 121:3) for they shall be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace (Eph.6:15) having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell upon the earth - Rev.14:6. I shall set their feet in a large room (Psa.31:8; 18:19), anchored sure and steadfast to their forerunner (Heb.6:19) to stand before the Son of man - Lk.21:36. I shall make their feet like hinds feet and set them up on My high places - Psa.18:30. I shall hold them up and they shall be safe - Psa.119:117.

VERSE 13

"You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet."

I the God of peace shall bruise Satan under their feet shortly - Ro.16:11. Through me shall they run through a troop of the wicked and by Me shall they leap over a wall of evil and death - Psa.18:29. Through Me (Psa.44:5) they shall tread down the wicked, treading down serpents and scorpions and all the powers of the enemy - Lk.10:19. Through Me will they push down their enemies; through My name and nature will they tread them under until they are ashes under the soles of their feet - Mal.4:3. Surely in my time, I shall subdue the people under them and the nations under their feet - Psa.47:3.

VERSE 14

"Because He has set His love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high [even that secret place], because he has known My name."

They shall be more than conquerors through the Lord their God that loves them - Ro.8:37. For unto the woman who is in travail ready to bring forth the Son, is given two wings (Psa.61:1) of a great eagle (Duet.32:11), that she might fly (Prv.23:5) into the wilderness into her place of divine refuge where she is nourished and kept and delivered from the face of the serpent - Rev.12:4. These, even the remnant of the woman's seed which have known and kept the commandments of their Christ (Rev.12:17), shall have honored My name, not desiring their own ways nor finding their own pleasures, nor speaking their own words, but have delighted themselves fully in their Lord.

Therein, I shall cause them to ride upon the high places of the likeness My power and glory - Rev.12:5. They shall dwell on high: their place of defense shall be in the munitions of rocks - Isa.33:16. Here there eyes shall see their King in beauty (Isa.33:17) even face to face, and then shall they know even also as they are known (1Cor. 13:12) and they shall walk in My image and nature forever - Mic.4:5.

VERSE 15

"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him."

In that day, whatsoever they shall ask the Father in My name, I will give it them - Jn.16:23-26. They shall make their prayer unto Me and I shall hear them - Jb.22:27; Psa.145:18, 19. Because they have kept the word of My patience, I will also keep them from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth - Rev.3:10. Behold, I will make them of his enemies to come and worship before their feet and to know that they are the beloved of God - Rev.3:9. For when men are cast down then they shall say, there is lifting up, and I shall save & deliver the humble person - Jn.22:29; Psa.97:10.

VERSE 16

"With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation."

The scripture says, "Surely You are a God that hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior (Isa.45:15), but it shall be said in the last day, this is our God, we have waited for Him and He will save us this is the Lord, we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation - Isa.25:9. For behold, I the Lord come out of My secret place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity - Isa.26:21.

Therefore, quickly now while the time is yet right, enter into your closet, and when you have shut thy door, pray to the Father which is in secret: and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly - Matt.6:6. Come my people, enter you into your chambers and shut your doors about you, hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be past - Isa.26:20.

Seek you the Lord all you meek of the earth. it may be, if you have sought righteousness and meekness with your whole heart, that ye shall be hid in that secret place in the day of the Lord's anger - Zep.2:3. There shall be prudent men who foresee the evil and hid themselves: but the simple shall pass on and are punished - Prv.22:3.

Oh God prepare mercy and truth which may preserve us (Psa.61:7) for only by your mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil - Prv.16:6. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies. What man is he that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that God shall choose. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him: and He will show them His covenant - Psa.25:10, 12, 14.

Blessed are they whom You choose and cause [by thy mercy] to approach unto You, that they may dwell in Your [secret] courts: then shall they be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, even of Your holy temple [whom we are] - Psa.65:4. Let integrity and uprightness preserve them O lord, even those that wait on You- Psa.25:21.

"Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me." Psa.50:15