“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”  Psalm 91:1

The title of this Psalm in my translation of the Bible is, “Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord.”  It is good to be reminded of whose we are, where we abide, and Who is our strength.  It is also time to keep our leaders in prayer to seek God’s wisdom and guidance in decisions that effects the world at this time.

Let’s see what Scripture tells of the Lord’s overshadowing; His divine care and guidance.

Deuteronomy 32:9-12 is one of my favorite Scriptures.  It tells of Jehovah’s care of the Israelites, it is a portion of the song of Moses.  Like His people of old, God cares for His people (believers) today.  (Read the whole scenario.)
Vs. 10 says “…He encircled him (Israel), He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.”
Vs. 11 says,
“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spreads His wings and caught them,
And carried them on His pinions.”
To help understand Vs. 11 and God’s tender care for His own, let me tell you of the eagle: When it's time for the eaglet to learn to fly and leave the nest, the eagle stirs up the nest and pushes the little one out of the nest and as he falls the eagle swoops under and catches the eaglet on his wing and takes him back to the nest.  This loving process continues until the eaglet learns to fly on its own.

We are cared for in times of trouble:
“For Thou hast been my help,
And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to Thee;
Thy right hand upholds me.”  Psalm 63:7-8

“For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in distress,
A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.”
Isaiah 25:4 (How descriptive this last line is in some circumstances.)

We have a protecting Father, for Jesus asked of Him in John 17:11,
“And I am no more in the world; yet they themselves are in the world and
I come to Thee, Holy Father, Keep them in Thy name, the name which Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as we are.”

And Christ is our mighty guardian.
“…For I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.”  2 Timothy 1:12

There are so very many reassuring promises in Scripture and I would encourage you to search them out and be blessed.  I close with a couple that  are familiar to all of us:

“Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”  Isaiah 41:10

“Even to your old age, I shall be the same,
And even to your graying years I shall bear you!
I have done it and I shall carry you;
And I shall bear you, and I shall deliver you.”  Isaiah 46:4 

God is the same yesterday, today and forever!  What a glorious God is our God!
Amen