Episdoe 74 - Psalm 91 & A Call To Prayer This Fall via An Online Prayer Group

Today I am going to talk a bit about the promises God has made to us, given to us, is continually day after day after day holding out to us, in Psalm 91.

 

One of my friends, Sara, has this psalm as her life verses. Boy oh boy, she prays them over her family and she is a living testimony of how powerful this psalm is. 

 

I cannot think of a more timely passage of the Bible to grab hold of and to absolutely believe than Psalm 91. At this moment in time, this point in history, this psalm is ideal.  And this psalm is so needed. 

 

When I say that I want you to believe it, I mean to lean on it - depend on it - rely on it. If I say I believe you, and I say I trust you but I am unwilling or doubtful about proving my trust & my belief… then do I actually trust you? Well… not truly, no. Unreliable trust is no trust at all. It is, in effect, worthless. 

 

God’s word is not like that. But if we don’t rely on it, through thick and thin, if we fail to believe it, then we forfeit it’s surety. And why on earth would a follower of Jesus ever, ever want to do that? 

 

Don’t forfeit anything that He died to procure for you. 

 

When God makes a promise in His book, the Bible, just believe it and then live as if you believe it. The old saying goes, “The proof of the pudding is in the eating - in the tasting” . The proof of the quality of the food is not in it’s appearance, but is discovered in the actual eating of the food, right? The proof is IN the pudding, not in looking at the pudding. 

So, let the proof of God’s promises be in the living out your belief of those promises. The proof is in the pudding. Stand on God’s word. Or don’t stand on it, and live your life on shaky ground. 

 

As I read this psalm to you today, think about whether or not you really do put your trust in the God who makes the promises found in Psalm 91. Lean the full weight - all the varied aspects of the entirety of your life - directly upon the Lord, who is completely unable to not keep His promises. 

 

Psalm 91 from the Amplified says this: 

 1He who [a]dwells in the shelter of the Most High

Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

3For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,

And from the deadly pestilence.

4He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,

And under His wings you will find refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

5You will not be afraid of the terror of night,

Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

6Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

7A thousand may fall at your side

And ten thousand at your right hand,

But danger will not come near you.

8You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes

And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

9Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

10No evil will befall you,

Nor will any plague come near your tent.

11For He will command His angels in regard to you,

To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

12They will lift you up in their hands,

So that you do not [even] strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and cobra;

The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;

I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

15“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16“With a long life I will satisfy him

And I will let him see My salvation.”

 frequent question asks, “What’s your why?” - I am sure you’ve heard it. It can be a great motivator and bring a lot of clarity to our decisions and our workplaces and all the stuff. 

 

Well, Psalm 91 is our why.

 

Why we rely on, lean upon, trust fully in, our God.

 

I am going to read verses 14, 15 & 16 once more. 

And this is God in quotes - God is saying these things, and He is saying them to you. So listen to what He says: 

14“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;

I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

15“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16“With a long life I will satisfy him

And I will let him see My salvation.”

 

In my private online prayer group, we are going through Psalm 91 starting the 10th of September. Just 16 verses - one verse each week for 16 weeks. I’ll go live in the Facebook group, and of course the videos will be available after the fact, replays will stay in the group forever. 

 

Praying these verses, God’s promises. His living and active Word week by week.

 

I did not plan this - just over the last ten days or so the Lord put this on my heart and I have been working through the psalm and taking notes just in my own study time, and I felt Him leading me to go through these verses in the prayer group. And guess what? If we do one verse each week and plan to take one week off (probably around Thanksgiving) then we will finish on Friday December 31st (I plan to go live each Friday). 

This is how we can spend our fall and end this year. And how we end one year is exactly how we begin the next one. 

 

Can’t think of a better plan than to pray through this fall, wrap up the last day of the year in prayer and leaning fully on the Most High, and start 2022 in a state of total trust and deep and abiding belief (which leads to deep and abiding peace, btw). 

 

Will you join me there? And make Psalm 91 and it’s promises the truest thing in your life, in your family’s life, for the remainder of the year? 

 

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