Monday, September 24, 2018

Meditation--The Lord makes no boast in himself but protects himself in the Word and the Name

Psalm 91 refers to the temptation about throwing himself down from the height. His reply to this is from Deut. 6.1  indicates complete surrender to the protection and hand of the Father, but not an acknowledgment of the tempter's status or power. Not the least proud of his own status, he says, "It is Written." The next verse in Psalm 91 after the ploy that he should should throw himself down, for the angels shall bear thee up lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. The next says ...thou shalt tread upon the the lion and adder, trample the dragon under foot, but he does not mention it, even if Satan for sure is the dragon in front of him. The Lord makes no boast in himself but protects himself in the Word and the Name. And the very next statement is the one to know because it says--- because he loves me I will rescue him, so the enemy's spin of scripture only deepens its own predicament and our redemption.

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