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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: “AVOIDING SATAN’S SNARE”

Today, I am picking up where we left off on the video titled Secret Place. There is no better place to be than the secret place of God. He is our Father and he will take care of us.

Psalm 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

A snare is a trap set to catch small animals. It consists of bait and a rope or cord that makes a noose. When an animal wanders in to eat the bait, the trap is sprung and they end up tied up. Sometimes, it will deploy a net that covers them so they cannot move.

Satan will try to lay snares for us. He knows what he is doing when he sets the traps. But the word says he will deliver us from the snare of the fowler. In other words, God will help us to resist the bait in the first place. If we do fall into temptation, he will help us to escape the snare of the enemy.

He will also deliver us from the noisome pestilence. But what exactly does that mean?

Oxford Dictionary defines noisome as being disagreeable, unpleasant or scandalous.

Oxford Dictionary defines pestilence- a plague such as bubonic plague, disease, infection, sickness, pandemic, contagion.

According to the dictionary, it means he will deliver us from an unpleasant sickness, disease, or pandemic.  This is something we need to pray everyday. “Lord your word says you will deliver me from sickness, disease or pandemic.”

How did Jesus overcome Satan in the wilderness.  He quoted scripture back at him. God like for us to pray the word back to him also.  “Lord I am standing on your word, it says….”

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

When it says he will cover us with his feathers, I think of a mama bird hiding her babies under her wings to protect them from danger and storms.  God will also hover over us and protect us from danger and storms of life. We can trust him to care for us and keep us safe, because He is our heavenly father.

His truth, which is the Bible, will be our shield and buckler. Both the shield and buckler are used for defense. Both are a form of stopping the attack of the enemy. Shields were normally large and soldiers would stand behind them to prevent being struck with an arrow.

A buckler is a smaller shield worn on the non-dominant arm of the soldier to protect them in hand to hand combat.

God’s truth is our defense against the attacks of the enemy. Again, we need to use the word to speak to the enemy. If he is attacking your health, quote scriptures about healing to him. Whatever battle we are facing, God has our defense within the pages of the bible.

This is why it is so important to know what is in the word. It is our link to God, our shield, our sword or weapon of attack when we need to go after the enemy. It is God’s love letter to us, and so much more.

Psalm 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

This verse is all about attacks on our mind. Many people have problems in the night with fear. Fear will attack in the night when all is quiet. They will have all sorts of symptoms, but it boils down to the enemy trying to prevent peaceful rest. The what if’s we don’t know are greater than the things we know and have control over. All the unknowns can bring with them lots of levels of anxiety and fear. If the enemy can paralyze us with fear, we can not be effective witnesses. We have no reason to fear. God is with us.

Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. The word says we will be in perfect peace if we keep our mind on God.

Psalm 91:5 goes on to say, not for the arrow that flieth by day. These are attacks on our mind during the day. It is more of the same. The enemy will see if he can cause us to fall into fear, anxiety or worry. Those are arrows of his warfare coming against our mind.

The above verse said his word was our defense. We can use the word when a thought comes into our minds. We can dismiss it and pray against it. We can quote the word and stand strong against the enemy. His arrows of fear, anxiety, depression, worry and uncertainty can be quickly overcome if we learn to recognize it for what it is, an attack from the enemy.

So far in five verses of this chapter we have learned that we can dwell in a secret place with God. He will be our shield of protection from attacks of the enemy against our minds and bodies. He will deliver us from the traps of the enemy. But we have to dwell in the secret place, in order to be able to recognize the attacks and traps the enemy has set for us.

Take time to seek God, find your secret place in Him. So you can boldly stand against the attack of the enemy.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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