We read Psalm 140 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today and verse 7 is a great promise that we can STILL stand on!
7 O God the Lord, the Strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
"You have covered" is the Hebrew word "sakak", which means: to hedge or fence about, to overshadow, to stop the approach, a protector. Our God has promised to protect us when WE count on Him to do so! We truly CAN cast all of our care and worry over on Him, because HE cares for US! And He is overwhelming capable of doing so! AMEN! Then in John 17 JESUS is speaking to the Father about His disciples. He says THIS about them in verses 7-8:
7 Now [at last] they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours]. 8 For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.
It is through the Word of God that we come to REALLY know the Father and JESUS and Holy Spirit! JESUS had given the the Word of God consistently for His entire three years of ministry. Now, as He was preparing to give HIS life as a ransom for OURS, He was making sure that they would be in position to continue to receive the richest and best that God had to offer! JESUS goes on to say THIS in verses 9-11:
9 I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You. 10 All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.] 11 And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are [still] in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your Name [in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We [are one].
JESUS was not praying here for the world, because the ONLY thing that the world had coming was the promise of the Messiah saving them! His prayers here were for those who had already been born again, that what was hindering their growth in the things of God would be exposed for what it truly is and that they would have the ability of God to walk out this new and powerful revelation and manifestation of HolySpirit and WORD! HE desires the same thing for YOU! Are you ready for this? If you are born again, then you ARE! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Behold - Then My Soul Sings":
Shalom in Him!
