Meditate On
Build Your Faith Upon His Promises
“He shall deliver you in six troubles, yes, in seven no
evil shall touch you. In famine He shall redeem you from death, and in war from
the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and
you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes. You shall laugh at
destruction and famine.”
Job 5:19–22
I believe the Lord gave me the above portion of Scripture
to strengthen you. Let’s take a closer look at the first verse: “He shall
deliver you in six troubles, yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.” Now, I
have read this verse a number of times before, but the Lord quickened this
Scripture in me, so let me share this fresh insight with you. I want to specially
address those who have been greatly discouraged in the area of protection.
Perhaps you have experienced a very difficult or even tragic event, or are
going through a very challenging situation right now. Can I encourage you to
build your faith upon His promises and not upon your experiences?
The Word of God says that in this world, we will have
trouble (see John 16:33). The fact that God declares in His Word that He will
deliver us from troubles tells us that we will experience troubles. But God wants
us to know that the more we hear preaching on Psalm 91, the more we quote it
and remind ourselves of the Lord’s protection daily, the more our faith in His
protection will grow.
Faith comes from “hearing, and hearing by the word of
Christ” (Rom. 10:17, NASB). The more we hear, the more we believe! The more we
claim and pray the prayer of protection, the more we will walk in its
blessings. That is the intention of this book—to saturate you with the hearing
and hearing of the Lord’s protection promises for your life until your faith is
robust and overflowing.
My dear reader, deliverance from trouble is fantastic,
but there is a promise that is even greater, and that is when you are at that
place where “no evil shall touch you.” That’s my prayer for you and your loved
ones. While we live in dangerous times, we have an almighty God who watches
over us. May we all increase and have a progressive revelation of the Lord’s
protection in these last days. While none of us, myself included, are there
yet, we are on a journey of faith, of walking fully in the promises of God’s
protection. Let’s give thanks to the Lord for His deliverance from all our
troubles as we continue to believe we will come to the place where no evil will
touch our loved ones and us!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
