I really love today's "Grace Inspirations" by Joseph Prince!
NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU!
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Years ago, while traveling on a domestic flight in the United States, I
was seated next to a woman whose whole body was tense with fear. Concerned, I
asked if I could help her in any way. Between sobs, she told me about her fear
of flying. I told her, “Don’t worry. I am on board. Nothing will happen to the
plane.” I did not say it with pride. I said it knowing that the Lord was on
board the plane with me and that I would have a safe journey because He has
promised that “nothing shall by any means hurt you”.
Once, when Jesus was in the boat with his disciples, He told them, “Let
us cross over to the other side.” (Mark 4:35) Believing that they would cross
over to the other side, He fell asleep in the stern. A great storm arose, but
it could not rouse Him from His sleep, only the cries of His terrified
disciples did. They had forgotten what Jesus had said about them crossing over
to the other side. They had also forgotten that with Jesus in the boat with
them, there was no possibility of them going down. Nothing could by any means
hurt them because Jesus was with them.
Even being thrown into a fiery furnace could not hurt three young
Hebrew men because they believed that God would deliver them. They had
proclaimed to the heathen King Nebuchadnezzar, “...our God whom we serve is
able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from
your hand, O king.” (Daniel 3:17) And in the midst of their fiery trial, their
deliverer not only walked with them in the fire, He also delivered them from all
harm. King Nebuchadnezzar even said, “Look! I see four men loose, walking in
the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is
like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25)
Beloved, in the midst of your storm or fiery trial, because Jesus is
with you, nothing shall by any means hurt you!
AMEN and AMEN! We MUST develop this same confidence in the protection, provision and safety that is ours as a result of being members of the family of God! Only disobedience can keep us from walking in the confidence of Godly protection! Disobedience has two faces. One is of those who disobey because they lack knowledge. The ANSWER is to GET knowledge! Spend time in the Word of God on a daily basis! The second is of those who disobey because they simply choose to do something their own way, instead of God's way. The ANSWER is to find out what GOD wants and then do it! HIS WAY! Amen! A lifetime of great blessings and rewards awaits those who WILL repent! (Change your thinking to agree with God, Who is ALWAYS right!) AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Where You Are":Shalom in Him!
