1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High,Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
You can’t trust God, if you don’t know him.
The one that sets his love upon God gets all the benefits and relationship mentioned in this chapter. You’re loving somebody or something right now today with everything in you. You’re made that way. Every person is. The only way you can do this, is to get up every day and say, “I set my love upon you today”. You lift your hands and say “Father I love you. Father I love you. Father I love you. “And you do it and you do it and you do it until all the fear inside you starts running out on the floor. You keep doing it. You don’t need to know all the scriptures. You need to know three words. “I love you. I love you. I love you.” Say, “I set my love upon you today. I choose to love you today. You’ll be my God, I’ll follow you, I’ll serve you, I’ll love you with all of my heart, all of my soul, and all of my strength.”Your mind starts obeying, your soul comes into line, and your body comes into line. This will get easier with time. If you keep doing it, and stay with it, all of a sudden, his love will come on you. And you’ll recognize this: God loves me. And if God loves me, I don’t need need to fear. Some people live and die and know all ABOUT God, but they don’t KNOW him. Because they’ve not sat down and given Him their love. You can’t do it with your human love. So, God gave you HIS love to love him with. But he can’t come to you and get His love in you and love Himself with it. Only you can do that. You’ll see this, fear will start melting out of you. And the peace will come to you so that when people around you act out, it doesn’t move you. Because you’ve got peace in your heart. 19 bills can show up tomorrow all due on the same day, but it doesn’t move you because you’ve got something bigger in you. When are you going to get intentional? When you get God working in your heart, it takes out all the insecurities in you because God gives you security. Everything He is, is in His love. His love will come alive in you. Your heart is not IN what your mind is not ON. What do you think about all the time? Yourself. The reason you think about yourself all the time is because you haven’t developed the love of God. You can tell when Gods love is starting to develop in you, your love for other people will start to increase. Why? Because the same love you love God with is the same love you love people with. You can’t love God and not love people. It’s impossible because it’s the SAME LOVE. So, when I see my love for people is increasing, I know my love for God is increasing. When I start thinking of myself less and thinking of other people more, his love is increasing. And when his love is increasing, I can forgive people so much easier. I don’t carry them around all aggravated in my heart. You give the devil a place in you when you let wrath get in your heart. For wrath to stay in your heart, you have to nurse it. It can be really strong sometimes but, the Love of God is greater. This love will run out of you and when it does, peace will come to your life. Fear will go out the door and you can start living a content, happy, life. Set your love upon God before the trouble comes! And be ready for it when it comes. You can walk around with the consciousness of God. And It’s not just for preachers. It’s for any member of the body of Christ that knows God as their father.