THE PLACE OF SAFETY

SERIES: DIVINE PROTECTION FOR YOU (PSALM 91)

TEXT: PSALM 91:1

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” Psalm 91:1. This first verse of Psalm 91 is the key to understanding the entire chapter. God promises divine protection in the rest of the Psalm. There are four points highlighted in the first verse.

1. Dwelling
2. The secret place
3. The Most High
4. The shadow of the Almighty

I.  DWELLING

• The word “Dwelleth” means, to settle in, to stay there, to remain, to sit down, to possess the place and to live there permanently.
• When you make a quality decision to dwell in the Lord, you will settle and stay there.
• You will not think of moving away from Him.
• You stay in that place and resist every temptation of the enemy that tries to remove you from that place.
• God’s presence becomes your home, you belong there.
• You are entitled to all the rights and privileges of His presence.
• You have fellowship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (John 14:23).

II.  THE SECRET PLACE

• The secret place means “a hiding place” or “a covering place”
• Dwelling in the secret place, therefore, means, having a hiding place or living in a place where you are covered.
• Jesus Christ is the only hiding place, a place of safety
• “A man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest (Isaiah 32:2)
• This life is liable to storms, mysterious hurricanes, and overwhelming tempests of Spiritual distress on account of sin.
• There are fierce blasts of temptations, insinuations, suggestions and denunciations from Satan.
• There are wild attacks from human beings, enemies who slander, gossip and threaten (Psalm 143:9)
• From these storms of life, the man Jesus Christ is our hiding place. Let us take shelter in the secret place, the man Jesus Christ.
• Let Him daily cover us from all evil, as our shield and protector (Psalm 119:114)
• Any believer who does not dwell in the secret place cannot live a victorious life.
• Jesus Christ is the rock of ages, the word of God, your secret place. In him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:24-28)
• If we dwell in Him, if we abide in Him, then we can ask anything (John 15:7)
• In this secret place of following with the Godhead, there is prosperity, success, life and health (Joshua 1:8, Prov. 4:20-22, Gal 5:22-23)
• Remember that you have a quality decision to make, to dwell in the secret place, to settle there permanently.
• When God’s presence becomes your homes (John 14:23) your body will become the temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 6:19-20)

III.  THE MOST HIGH

“In the secret place of the Most High”

• God is above all, He is the highest of all. He is Jehovah Elohim, the creator of all things, the all-powerful one, He knows all things, can do all things and is present everywhere.
• The Most High is immortal, infallible, the everlasting one. He is the beginning and the end, alpha and omega, the source of life.
• He is our Lord, all-powerful, dominion and power are His, He is above all and overall.
• Those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High will be delivered from trouble and danger.
• Simeon and Anna dwelt in the secret place of the Most High.

IV.  THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty

• Dwelling in the secret place of the Most High is the condition of abiding under the shadow of the Almighty.
• As you abide in God’s presence, His “shadow” will overshadow you.
• Since there is no shadow without an object, it means that it is God Himself that will protect those who abide in Him.
• When the Virgin Mary was overshadowed by the power of the Most High, the Holy Spirit, she conceived and gave birth to the Son of God. (Luke 1:35)
• The children of Israel were overshadowed by a pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night. (Exodus 13:21)
• El-Shaddai means the all powerful, unconquerable one
• Abraham, Isaac and Jacob knew God as El-Shaddai, God El-Shaddai is found by those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High. (Gen 17:1, Ex 6:3)

CONCLUSION

• The God of all strength, His greatness is from everlasting to everlasting.
• The All sufficient one with whom we are self-sufficient.
• God who is more than enough, eternally capable of being all that His people need.
• He is more than any mountain or obstacle before you.
• He is our very Father and we are His very children if we “dwell in the secret place of the Most High, we shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Do you know Him? If you, dwell there permanently
• If you do not know, Elohim, El-Shaddai – do get to know Him now.