Positive Daily Inspiration - April 26, 2023
Psalm 91
Psalm 91
1 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely You deliver me from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence”
4 God will cover me with Your feathers, and under Your wings I trust; God’s faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place – the Most High, who is your refuge
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your dwelling.
11 For God will command God’s angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 Because he, or she, holds fast to me in love, I will deliver them; I will protect them, because they know my name.
15 When you call to me, I will answer you; I will be with you in trouble; I will rescue you and honor you.
16 With long life I will satisfy you and show you my salvation.”
“God cover me with Your feathers, and under Your wings I trust.”
Psalm 91 can be used as a psalm for peace of mind.
Do you have problems you need to deal with whilst at the same time experiencing a peace that comes from trust in God?
“You cover me with Your feathers, and under Your wings I trust.”
Apparently, the female eagle carries her young under her wings. Those young eagles may be flying with a huge drop beneath them. Yet they are safe and protected.
We can see these bible verses in Psalm 91 as a powerful image of God in as a loving and protecting mother. (See also, Deuteronomy 32:11)
“You cover me with Your feathers, and under Your wings I trust.”
The meaning of Psalm 91 is that whatever dangers seem present in our world, the more we let God carry us, the more we fly through them and above them in safety. We associate more and more with the part of us that remains in God and rises above the difficulties of this world.
“Surely You deliver me from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”
“The snare of the fowler” for me is what is often called the Inner Critic – the voice in your head, not necessarily audible! – that tells you – you have got it all wrong. Or it could be the Inner Judge – the voice in your head, that keeps telling you all the ways in which someone else has got it all wrong. The Inner Judge may seem preferable to the Inner Critic.
But stop and think about it …
Both voices make for unpleasant thoughts! “Surely You deliver me from the snare of the fowler.”
You might know the time when you need this prayer for peace of mind:
You are in a place of saying:
“I feel upset about something.
On and on go my racing thoughts.
They feel like bad thoughts, negative thoughts.
I want to just dismiss them, but I don’t seem to have the power to replace my thoughts with the thoughts that God would have me think.”
Great. If you see you don’t have the power to change your thoughts this is a wonderful first step.
Now you can say a prayer for peace of mind.
Invite God to decide for you.
Dear God please decide for me. I pray for peace of mind, help me to get it.
Help me to see hidden causes that may be robbing me of what I so desire.
I ask for Your help.
Thank You God.
Amen
You are making a space in your mind in which God can work.
“Surely You deliver me from the snare of the fowler.”
It is very important to find some way to discipline your thoughts and direct them towards inner peace. A good way to do this was to say Psalm 91 as a prayer for peace of mind. Repeating the bible verse to give you an idea of the persistence with which you need to repeat words that ask for what you want and replace the words in your head that ask for what you do not want.
“The noisome pestilence” is interpreted differently in different versions of the Bible.
Again, use this line as a prayer for peace of mind – peace from the unpleasant racing thoughts.
Use both lines as a prayer for release from depression.
“Surely You deliver me from the snare of the fowler and the noisome pestilence.”
So, what do you do if it seems you don’t have the power to quiet your racing thoughts?
You remember you don’t have to find peace on your own.
You say a prayer for peace of mind to invite God to give you peace.
When we pray Psalm 91, we do just that. We invite God to enter our mind and bring us peace.
POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:
Dear God,
The thoughts in my mind are not the ones I always want.
I don’t seem to be doing a great job of changing them.
I am willing to think what You would have me think.
I am willing to be at peace.
I claim the confidence of the psalmist in Psalm 91:
You deliver me my God from the snare of the fowler.
You deliver me my God from the noisome pestilence.
Thank You so much.
In Jesus Christ name … Amen.
POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:
The thoughts in my mind are the ones I want.
I am thinking what You would think dear God.
I am NOW at peace.
POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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