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Stay in the Shadow
Raquel Soto © February 13,
2005
I love Psalm 91. It has so many beautiful
promises of the Lord in it. Long life.
Deliverance. Protection. Freedom from worry. But
like prophecy, the promises of God are
conditional. God has done His part, and now, we
must do ours. The secret to the promises in Psalm
91 is listed in verse one: "… Shall
abide under the shadow of the
Almighty…" (KJV)
Shadow. We normally think of things being
hidden in a shadow as something sinister. We link
it with being in the dark and even something
cold. But here, being in the shadow is were we
want to be. Think of it for a moment. How close
do you need to be to someone to be in their
shadow? Any more than a few steps in any
direction from them, and you cast your own. And,
as you know, when we do things on our own, away
from the protection of God's shadow, it doesn't
work out the way we planned.
Being in the shadow of the Almighty is a
tricky thing. There is a danger to not even
notice we aren't in the warmth of it any longer
until something happens. It is so easy to allow
the cares of the day to eat up our time. We can
then, slowly but surely, start to draw away from
the shadow. We don't even realize God is going
into a different direction. Staying that close to
God is a daily choice. We must choose to be in
the shadow. We must choose God daily.
How can we stay in the warmth of God's shadow?
We can do this by keeping our heart toward Him.
Here is one thing you can do to stay in His
shadow:
· This book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success. (Joshua 1:8 KJV)
Meditate on the Word of God. The root for the
word meditate is the word "twot", which
Strong's defines as: " to moan, growl,
utter, muse, mutter, meditate, speak, to roar,
groan". Speak the Word! Growl it! Mutter it!
I like the roaring part myself. Spending time in
the Word is spending time with God, for Jesus was
the Word made flesh (John 1:14 ). If you don't
think you have time to put God's Word first,
think again! How much time do you put music on
when you are driving? Why not switch the music
for the Word? There are tapes and CD's available
that you can pop in. You can even get them
specialized on a certain book or certain parts of
the Bible you've been wanting to study. There are
devotionals that are created specifically for
business-women that you can read. One of my
favorite's is Mike Murdock's "1 Minute
Businesswoman's Devotional". One minute
isn't enough, but it's something you can do when
you first wake up to start your day on the Word.
What do you do when you take a shower? Do you
just let your thoughts wonder about? Why not pop
something in that will keep you focused on God?
Putting on your favorite worship CD is also
something you can do.
Praise is a powerful weapon against the enemy.
It takes the focus off us and unto the Almighty.
How wonderful it is to sing praises to the King!
What a privilege it is to have the attention of
the Most High as you worship Him! Don't know what
to sing? Sing the Word! Open up the book of
Psalms and start to sing! Psalms 92 is a song for
the Sabbath day. Why not start there?
You must remember one thing: meditation is
powerful. What you meditate on you will
eventually do or have. It is the way God created
us. It works for our benefit if you let it. It's
interesting to note that part of meditation is
imagining. What you imagine will be. That is why
we are to put our thoughts in line with God's.
God's will is His Word, and we must choose to
meditate on it, day and night, so that we will
have good success. Imagine the promises of God
manifesting in your life as you speak them,
mutter them, think on them! Keep on sowing the
Word into your life so that, in due season, you
will reap. "Faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the Word of God."(Romans
10:17 KJV) So purify your faith by
speaking the Word to yourself and release His
Word back to Him!
So go ahead. Stay in the shadow. And roar in
your success!
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