02/11/2023
Make God Your Dwelling Place
Bishop Okwudili Eze
One of the believers favourite Psalm says, "If you make the LORD your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.They will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone. Psalm 91:9-12
God promises complete protection for the person who makes the Most High his dwelling. The secret of tapping into the power of this Psalm is to make the Most High your dwelling. That is the key. God promises protection, so long as you make the Most High your dwelling.
How do you make God your dwelling?
The answer is at the beginning of this
Psalm. It says, “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of
the Almighty. I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in
whom I trust.’” You make the Most High your dwelling the same way that David did by
SAYING OF THE LORD that He is your dwelling! Your confession that He is your refuge and fortress is what makes God become your refuge and fortress.
And what does God do when you confess that He is your refuge and fortress?
He commands His angels to guard you in all your ways so that no harm befalls you nor
any disaster overtake you. Angels work for you because you confess who God is to you
and what He will do for you.
This is what Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did before they were thrown into
the fiery furnace. They boldly declared, “The God we serve is able to deliver us from
the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O King!” They stood
their ground in faith. And what was the outcome? God sent an Angel to keep them
from burning. The Angel heard God’s Word coming from the lips of these courageous
saints, and He harkened unto their words.
