He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
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.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
I gave myself to our Lord in 1995 in a downtown Los Angeles
jail cell. But I never sought that
secret place for refuge until I was released from prison in 2010 after
finishing my sixth prison conviction. I
knew and believed in my heart God was here, through all my prison terms. However, each time I was released I would
always return to the same humdrum group of folks who could care less if God was
here or not, like a dog who returns to his own vomit God states. So I knew if I were ever going to seek the
Lord like He asked and commanded I was going to have to be 100% serious. Treating Him like the Father He says He is, Almighty
and powerful, slow to anger, and quick to please, if I stayed doing my part and
loving His will for my life. God says
for much that is wanted, much is required, and I wanted it all, everything the
Bible said I could have. So in all I
said and did I tried to be clear in my mind and heart that it was ok before God,
then moved forward always remembering I could not be in fear no matter what
laid before me on my journey. But the
more I sought God, the more dangerous the journey became, His tests and trials
calling for more knowledge and wisdom, even greater sacrifices, leaving me to choose
whom I was really going to serve and suffer for, God or satan. Our Bible becoming more real and concise,
revealing itself and our worlds selfish desires, and the more I ventured the
faster I ran into God’s arms.
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