A Heavenly Cover Over God's Praying Peopleby Christ1
91:3Psalms 91:3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Surely He will rescue those who trust and abide in Him from hidden traps and from deadly pestilence and disease, sheltering them as their refuge through life's trials. This protection belongs to those who choose the Lord as Redeemer, abide under the shadow of the Almighty, keep His commandments and serve Him, sheltered under His wings and guarded by His truth. The fowler's snare is Satan's traps set to capture souls and turn their powers to selfish ends, yet the Lord alone shields and hides His people from his schemes and deceptive workings. In the time of trouble His faithful people may suffer persecution, privation and hunger but will not be left to perish, for angels will shield them from pestilence while the wicked die from hunger and pestilence, so the promise does not mean freedom from all suffering. It is a personal promise to be read, believed and taken at His word, giving comfort and confidence in illness, pain, perplexity and trial, so the heart need not be discouraged but should trust in God rather than man, pray with expectation, grow in faith and make His Word the stronghold.
Promise of Deliverance
God will rescue those who trust in Him from hidden traps and deadly pestilence and disease. This deliverance shelters those who abide in Him and take refuge in Him through life's trials. It belongs to His covenant care, giving the righteous confidence when His judgments fall at the Lord's coming to end wickedness and the wicked suffer the consequences of rejecting mercy. It is the assurance that His commandment-keeping people stand under His protection.
That protection belongs to those who choose the Lord as Redeemer and have chosen Christ as Redeemer. It belongs to those who abide under the shadow of the Almighty, keep His commandments, and serve Him. They trust Him as refuge, sheltered under His wings and guarded by His truth.
The verse is a personal promise to be read, believed, and taken at His word as experience. So taken, it means God will be strength and a guard before and behind, with all heaven pledged to help and strengthen. Therefore the heart need not become discouraged by perplexities, clouds, and trials, but should trust in God and not in man nor in the arm of flesh. It calls for prayer with expectation of answer, for growth in faith, for taking courage, for speaking faith and praising God for His goodness, and for making His Word the stronghold.
So received, it gives comfort and confidence in God's protection during illness or pain and in times of perplexity and trial, with safety from harm and refuge through life's trials for those abiding in Him.
Shelter in Final Crisis
Surely He delivers those who choose the Lord as Redeemer from hidden traps and deadly pestilence, and this protection belongs to those who trust in Him as part of His covenant care. In the setting of the Lord's coming to end wickedness, the promise gives the righteous confidence when God's judgments fall and the wicked suffer the consequences of rejecting mercy.
In the time of trouble the promise does not mean God's faithful people will be free from suffering, for they may endure persecution, privation, deprivation, and hunger. They will not be left to perish, for God will provide for them and supply their needs while angels shield them from pestilence. While the wicked die from hunger and pestilence, the righteous are kept through trial by that divine provision and angelic guarding.
In that time angels guard God's people so that enemies cannot take their lives before He permits it. Even swords raised against them break and fall powerless. When enemies prepare to destroy them and armed attackers approach, those who plead for His protection are spared from danger.
The deliverance belongs to God's covering in the sealing before the seven last plagues. Those who stand firmly for the truth and are pure in heart receive His covering and have shelter from His wrath. While this covering is given, Satan tries to unsettle them and draw them away from the truth.
Dwelling in safety from the deadly pestilence and being preserved from dangers seen and unseen is the defense of God's people in these days of peril, when Satan seeks by disasters upon sea and land to seal the fate of as many as possible. That safety is a living connection with heaven, hiding in God and securing the protecting care of Jesus and holy angels. It requires walking before God in humility, confessing and forsaking sin instead of covering it, and departing from all iniquity.
God's refuge from danger has included greater safety for persecuted believers who refused to surrender conscience or abandon the Bible among rocks and mountains, even among wild beasts, than among people driven by false religion and zeal to persecute them.
Snares and Faithful Response
The fowler's snare in the verse pictures traps set to capture and entrap souls. Satan is the fowler, and he seeks to divert God-given powers into selfish pursuits rather than service that honors God. The Lord alone is the church's source of strength and protection against him. He shields and hides His people from Satan's schemes, delusions, and deceptive workings, and in Him they are safe.
Deliverance from the snare is like a bird freed from a deadly trap. God brought Chapin out of spiritual darkness into light so he could recognize the danger he had barely escaped. He rescued Faulkhead when drawn deeply into Freemasonry and likely to leave the truth, and brought him back to the fold. He delivered some from the snare of harmful reports about Brother and Sister Rice. He freed a church captivated by deceptive teachings, bringing escape from Satan's enchantment.
Those who criticize Scripture from love of controversy and openly express unbelief illustrate the snare. In trying to justify their doubts they become entangled in the position taken and feel compelled to maintain it. By that course they join the ungodly and close to themselves the gates of Paradise. Escape and recovery come through repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. Rebellion and exasperated, extravagant speech keep a person in danger and poison the hearts of others. Escape comes through receiving truth humbly, testing new theories by Scripture with experienced Bible students, and praying for guidance so as not to follow a false path.
After false predictions failed, accepting conviction, receiving the light, humbling the heart before God, and honestly confessing error would have brought recovery from religious delusion. Heeding warnings and shunning what they warn against keeps from falling into snares when brought into trying places. The promise supports turning to God for strength and guidance when tempted. It supports walking humbly before Him, trusting Him as guide and strength while abiding under the shadow of the Almighty.
The assurance is given to everyone who accepts the great commission and goes out in medical missionary labor, sent as surely as the first disciples were sent. God's eye follows such workers and His Spirit goes with them to rescue them from hidden traps and deadly disease. This promised deliverance is a great advantage His servants should appreciate. Protection from pestilence and sickness spreading in the land is to be sought by prayer. It is asked for by much prayer by the young whose hearts are turned to Him, for God loves the young when their hearts are turned to Him and loves to bless them. Children who keep God's commandments and love and obey their parents are those who pray for and receive this keeping.
Surely He will rescue those who trust and abide in Him from hidden traps and from deadly pestilence and disease, sheltering them as their refuge through life's trials. This protection belongs to those who choose the Lord as Redeemer, abide under the shadow of the Almighty, keep His commandments and serve Him, sheltered under His wings and guarded by His truth. The fowler's snare is Satan's traps set to capture souls and turn their powers to selfish ends, yet the Lord alone shields and hides His people from his schemes and deceptive workings. In the time of trouble His faithful people may suffer persecution, privation and hunger but will not be left to perish, for angels will shield them from pestilence while the wicked die from hunger and pestilence, so the promise does not mean freedom from all suffering. It is a personal promise to be read, believed and taken at His word, giving comfort and confidence in illness, pain, perplexity and trial, so the heart need not be discouraged but should trust in God rather than man, pray with expectation, grow in faith and make His Word the stronghold.
Promise of Deliverance
God will rescue those who trust in Him from hidden traps and deadly pestilence and disease. This deliverance shelters those who abide in Him and take refuge in Him through life's trials. It belongs to His covenant care, giving the righteous confidence when His judgments fall at the Lord's coming to end wickedness and the wicked suffer the consequences of rejecting mercy. It is the assurance that His commandment-keeping people stand under His protection.
That protection belongs to those who choose the Lord as Redeemer and have chosen Christ as Redeemer. It belongs to those who abide under the shadow of the Almighty, keep His commandments, and serve Him. They trust Him as refuge, sheltered under His wings and guarded by His truth.
The verse is a personal promise to be read, believed, and taken at His word as experience. So taken, it means God will be strength and a guard before and behind, with all heaven pledged to help and strengthen. Therefore the heart need not become discouraged by perplexities, clouds, and trials, but should trust in God and not in man nor in the arm of flesh. It calls for prayer with expectation of answer, for growth in faith, for taking courage, for speaking faith and praising God for His goodness, and for making His Word the stronghold.
So received, it gives comfort and confidence in God's protection during illness or pain and in times of perplexity and trial, with safety from harm and refuge through life's trials for those abiding in Him.
Shelter in Final Crisis
Surely He delivers those who choose the Lord as Redeemer from hidden traps and deadly pestilence, and this protection belongs to those who trust in Him as part of His covenant care. In the setting of the Lord's coming to end wickedness, the promise gives the righteous confidence when God's judgments fall and the wicked suffer the consequences of rejecting mercy.
In the time of trouble the promise does not mean God's faithful people will be free from suffering, for they may endure persecution, privation, deprivation, and hunger. They will not be left to perish, for God will provide for them and supply their needs while angels shield them from pestilence. While the wicked die from hunger and pestilence, the righteous are kept through trial by that divine provision and angelic guarding.
In that time angels guard God's people so that enemies cannot take their lives before He permits it. Even swords raised against them break and fall powerless. When enemies prepare to destroy them and armed attackers approach, those who plead for His protection are spared from danger.
The deliverance belongs to God's covering in the sealing before the seven last plagues. Those who stand firmly for the truth and are pure in heart receive His covering and have shelter from His wrath. While this covering is given, Satan tries to unsettle them and draw them away from the truth.
Dwelling in safety from the deadly pestilence and being preserved from dangers seen and unseen is the defense of God's people in these days of peril, when Satan seeks by disasters upon sea and land to seal the fate of as many as possible. That safety is a living connection with heaven, hiding in God and securing the protecting care of Jesus and holy angels. It requires walking before God in humility, confessing and forsaking sin instead of covering it, and departing from all iniquity.
God's refuge from danger has included greater safety for persecuted believers who refused to surrender conscience or abandon the Bible among rocks and mountains, even among wild beasts, than among people driven by false religion and zeal to persecute them.
Snares and Faithful Response
The fowler's snare in the verse pictures traps set to capture and entrap souls. Satan is the fowler, and he seeks to divert God-given powers into selfish pursuits rather than service that honors God. The Lord alone is the church's source of strength and protection against him. He shields and hides His people from Satan's schemes, delusions, and deceptive workings, and in Him they are safe.
Deliverance from the snare is like a bird freed from a deadly trap. God brought Chapin out of spiritual darkness into light so he could recognize the danger he had barely escaped. He rescued Faulkhead when drawn deeply into Freemasonry and likely to leave the truth, and brought him back to the fold. He delivered some from the snare of harmful reports about Brother and Sister Rice. He freed a church captivated by deceptive teachings, bringing escape from Satan's enchantment.
Those who criticize Scripture from love of controversy and openly express unbelief illustrate the snare. In trying to justify their doubts they become entangled in the position taken and feel compelled to maintain it. By that course they join the ungodly and close to themselves the gates of Paradise. Escape and recovery come through repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ. Rebellion and exasperated, extravagant speech keep a person in danger and poison the hearts of others. Escape comes through receiving truth humbly, testing new theories by Scripture with experienced Bible students, and praying for guidance so as not to follow a false path.
After false predictions failed, accepting conviction, receiving the light, humbling the heart before God, and honestly confessing error would have brought recovery from religious delusion. Heeding warnings and shunning what they warn against keeps from falling into snares when brought into trying places. The promise supports turning to God for strength and guidance when tempted. It supports walking humbly before Him, trusting Him as guide and strength while abiding under the shadow of the Almighty.
The assurance is given to everyone who accepts the great commission and goes out in medical missionary labor, sent as surely as the first disciples were sent. God's eye follows such workers and His Spirit goes with them to rescue them from hidden traps and deadly disease. This promised deliverance is a great advantage His servants should appreciate. Protection from pestilence and sickness spreading in the land is to be sought by prayer. It is asked for by much prayer by the young whose hearts are turned to Him, for God loves the young when their hearts are turned to Him and loves to bless them. Children who keep God's commandments and love and obey their parents are those who pray for and receive this keeping.