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Do Not Be Afraid
“You shall not be afraid of the terror
by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,”
Psalm 91: 5 -10 NKJV
For Kids
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this devotional.
There are many things that can make even God’s children
afraid. We should be afraid of some things and make sure we protect ourselves
from them. The Bible says we should avoid evil companions. It’s important to
choose good friends because we become like the people we surround ourselves
with. We should be afraid of addictions to the point that we avoid using harmful
substances like drugs. We should fear the consequences of breaking our country’s
laws and our parents’ rules.
But we should not live in fear. We need not worry about
what bad things could happen to us today. We can ask God to be in charge of our
day and keep us safe and make all things work out right. God says He keeps us
safe if we make Him our “dwelling place”. That means our faith and trust are in
Him. Do you know that God can even take our mistakes and make them into
something good for us?
Sometimes bad things do happen in our lives even when we
do everything right.
I remember two times when my grandchildren asked me why
God hadn’t kept us safe. One was when I was driving them home from school a few
years ago before they were homeschooled. My car was rear ended as I was stopped
for a red light.
The other time was when my grandson was riding his bike
and accidentally drove into the back of a parked truck. His mouth was cut up and
one tooth was broken.
We are human and at times we will make mistakes no matter
how careful we try to be. We need to ask God for wisdom for our day to know how
to handle every situation in the best way that will please Him.
And how did God take our blunders and make them into
something good? My grandson and I agreed that if we hadn’t prayed for safety
everyday things could have been a lot worse. And the good thing? We both learned
to be a lot more careful.
For
Parents
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devotional
Last week our neighbors had a small but damaging fire in
their house and two days later they had a break-in. Although we live in a big
city - Calgary, Alberta - where shootings, knifings and crimes are on the news
everyday, I believed we lived in a relatively safe neighborhood and was shocked
by the robbery next door.
We had planned on going away for the weekend but I was
very on edge about leaving our house unguarded for night. We had done what we
could to keep our house safe. When we bought our property we researched the
safety of our area. We had a burglar alarm installed and we had someone close-by
keeping an eye on our house.
As I was relaying my fears to God He put these words into
my mind, “It shall not come near you.” That sounded like Psalm 91
to me, so I looked it up.
I found comfort and safety in its words. Although
Christians, too, can be victims of crimes and fires, I knew God was telling me I
could safely go visit our children for the weekend and leave our property in His
hands. It would be safe. And if something happened, it would still be all right.
Everything was in His control.
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