rest in the shadow of My Protective Providing Presence

" Anticipate coming face to face with impossibilities: situations totally beyond your ability to handle... It is precisely where I want you--the best place to encounter Me in MY glory and power...cry out to Me! Watch Me working on your behalf, as you rest in the shadow of My Almighty Presence." Jesus Calling

Revelations 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like a roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to the Lord our God.

Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

##Yesterday I wrote about being in the midst of an impossible situation, a maelstrom. Today I am focusing on "resting in the shadow of My Almighty Presence". In these scriptures we read 4 names for God. Names in the Bible were extremely important, usually declaring the nature or an attribute of the one named. Let's look at what those 4 names tell us about God.

Rev. 19:1

Lord in the Greek is the word kurios. It comes from the word meaning supreme authority. Kurios means God, Lord, Master. When we use this term we are acknowledging God as our Lord and Master-- it is us bowing to His authority over us.

God in the Greek is the word theos. Theos means Supreme Deity, God. There is none superior to our God.

Revelations is telling us salvation, glory, and power belong to our Master, the Supreme God. We have nothing to fear when we put our trust in the Lord our God.

Psalm 91:1

Almighty in Hebrew is Shadday. Strong's Concordance says that shadday comes from the word #7703, shadad, pronounced shaw-dad, which means burly one. And that shadday means Almighty. I have also read that shadday may come from the word #7699, shad which means breast... thus shadday means Provider. I believe that you can add the two meanings together and have God our Protecting Provider. I get the picture of a breast feeding mother--nothing is as fierce in protection and as tender in her providing for the needs of her child.

I hope that this brings you joy and comfort to know that you are in the loving arms of God!

One thousand gifts:

#76 haircuts that make me feel renewed

#77 an old man with spindly white legs wearing short shorts that made me chuckle as I drove by

#78 Amelia helping me water my plants

#79 the sprinkler twirling water droplets

weak and weary

Today's devotion really spoke to me, so I am going to copy it for you. If you haven't thought about buying this devotional, I would highly recommend it to you. I have a feeling that I will be reading it for the next several years!

Jesus Calling, Enjoying Peace In His Presence by Sarah Young

Come to Me when you are weak and weary. Rest snugly in My everlasting arms. I do not despise your weakness, My child. Actually, it draws Me closer to you, because weakness stirs up My compassion--My yearning to help. Accept yourself in you weariness, knowing that I understand how difficult your journey has been.

Do not compare yourself with others, who seem to skip along their life-paths with ease. Their journeys have been different from yours, and I have gifted them with abundant energy. I have gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for you spirit to blossom in My Presence. Accept this gift as a sacred treasure: delicate, yet glowing with brilliant Light. Rather than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow Me to bless you richly through it.

Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break, a smoldering wick He will not snuff our. In faithfulness He will bring forth justice;

Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountain be shaken and the hills removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD who has compassion on you.

Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words can't express.

***I am sure that you know why this blessed me so much. I hope that it has touched your heart also and that today you feel God's arms around you.

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