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Psalm 91

No place under heaven is safe in this world of wickedness. The only safe place is prescribed in the Bible. The safe place is dwelling in the secret place of the Most High God. Psalm 91:1, ÒHe who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Ó  For every believer in the Lord God Almighty, there will be no any other hiding place except to take a refuge in the secret place of the Most High God. Every other place will not hold in time of storm. Where is the secret place of the Most High God? Psalm 25:14, ÒThe secret place of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.Ó Many believers claim to have the fear of God, but it is not evident in their lifestyle. If the fear of God is indeed reigning in our life as a believer, it is certain that we are dwelling in the secret place of the Most High. Do you as a believer identify yourself as one who fears the Most High God? It goes beyond word of mouth. Fearing God is walking the word of God, which is the testimonies of what He has done, what He can do, and what He will do. Without a doubt, the secret place of the Most High God will provide all forms of deliverance and preservation that will give security in times of need. Among the protection we can get from dwelling in the secret place of the Most High God is written in Psalm 91:10, ÒNo evil shall befall you, nor shall plague come near your dwelling.Ó When there is a covering in place against evil attacks, we can be rest assured we have entered the secret place of the Most High God. It is a place of deliverance and preservation.

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Ezekiel 37:1-14

The only Commanding commander is the Lord God. God made His Spirit to set Ezekiel up in the valley of dry bones. The bones were very dry and lifeless. God asked Ezekiel if the bones could have life again and Ezekiel responded that only God knows. In deed and in truth, only God knows how to bring to life what the enemy has taken away in the life of a believer. By virtue of EzekielÕs response, God gave him a command to speak life back into the dry bones. Ezekiel did as was commanded by God; Ezekiel prophesied and the dry bones regained life. Ezekiel 37:10, ÒSo I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.Ó Just as Ezekiel received His command, so Jesus has given His word of command to every believer today. Mark16:17, ÒAnd these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.Ó The power in His word still remains today except that the carrying out of His command is different than the way it should be. What is missing in the life of believers today that is different from the ones before? Ezekiel allowed the Spirit of God to set him up where God wanted. If we will allow the Spirit of God to set us up where He wants and not where we want, the same power will flow for us. God is true and faithful by His word. Ezekiel knew better by confessing that ÔGod knows.Õ Consistent confession that only God knows will make the difference in the life of each and every believer today.

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PEACE

Jeremiah 29: 4-14

It is only the peace that comes from God that will give future and hope. God was speaking to the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel who were carried away as captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Jeremiah 29:11, ÒFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.Ó God made the captives to know that His thoughts for them are peace, not evil. The message of God is that peace, not evil, will give future and hope. Determination will fail, effort will not answer, and human plans will only play for a while before it fails. The peace of God cannot be substituted where there is a need for motion in every area of life. When Jesus was crucified, the disciples went and shut themselves up. The disciples were afraid of those that crucified Jesus (John 20:19). The disciples could not move, they thought their future and hope had also been crucified. Thank God for JesusÕ resurrection. Behind the shut door, Jesus showed up, and all He said to them was, ÒPeace be with you.Ó Evidently, where there is no peace, evil will take its place. Praying for the peace of God in these evil days is what will cause a believer to live a life that has a future and hope in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7, ÒAnd the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Ó These words of Paul the Apostle, inspired by the Holy Spirit, will be a necessary prayer point to live with on a daily basis. God will answer your prayer in Jesus name.  

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Romans 10:11

The word that is in the heart will not to act until it comes out of the mouth. It does not matter how much you carry Him in the heart, allow the mouth to do the confession for your stand in the Lord to be identified: He is the Lord and savior. Romans 10:9-10, ÒThat if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Ó When it comes down to the issue of salvation, the mouth and the heart does have a great role to play as a joint leader. When a believer begins to say, ÒOh I have Him in the heart but I just want to be quiet,Ó it does not give an adequate representation of the believerÕs confession of faith. Confession is key to every vehicle of manifestation. The word of God encourages that we say it loudly. Also, when the word is indeed in you, you cannot be quiet. It is written that the word of God is like fire (Jeremiah < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>23:29). Think of it, if the word is in you it should be burning, how then can you have a fire burning in you and be silent? It is time that believers begin to burn off all that is not planted of God by the fire of the living word of God. Allow the name of God to be glorified, speak where the word does have a need to be heard. It is time to stop going about with hands in the pocket, Bible at home, and word burning away in the heart. Let the heart carry the sword while the mouth delivers it.

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Luke 24:13-32, John 20:19-30

Despite the fact that Jesus had repeatedly told His disciples He will be crucified and rise the third day, they seemed not to remember or they just didnÕt believe. After the resurrection of Jesus, on the way to Emmaus, the two of His disciples did not recognize Him. Jesus drew unto them and walked with them. Luke 24:16, ÒBut their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.Ó What a sad situation. They did not know because their eyes were restrained. It was also the disciples that have walked with Jesus, dined with Jesus, and witnessed His miracles that locked themselves up because of fear of those that called for the persecution of Jesus. John 20:19,  ÒThen the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ÔPeace be with you.ÕÓ The disciples seemed to have lost confidence in all that Jesus told them. Among the same disciples was Thomas who wanted to see proof that Jesus had resurrected because he missed the visitation of Jesus the first time. When Jesus visited again, Thomas was present. John20:27, ÒThen He said to Thomas, ÔReach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving but believing.  Which one do you fit into among those disciples? Is it lack of sight, fear or unbelief? Those acts and display of the disciples represent the church of today–spiritual blindness, absence of peace because of sinking faith, and unbelief. The church can find the way out of all the above limitations if there will be constant remembrance of the truth that He is no longer in the tomb. He has risen!