Topic: Safety
Text: Psalms 9:1-7

Safety is of the Lord (Proverbs 21:31). Only God can protect. We cannot defeat Satan and his agents with our strength, wisdom or ability. Satan can even use our strength to destroy us, because he is a judo expert!

In Judo, you use the strength of the opponent to floor him. In fact, in Judo, the motto is, “the bigger they come, the harder they fall.” Using physical strength against Satan will not work. Using your wisdom against him will not work either. Satan is older and more experienced that you. He has been dealing with giants before you. He has floored people like Gideon, Noah, Lot and Samson.

Proverbs 28:26 says, “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whosoever walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.” The wisdom that we need is the wisdom of God. This is where holiness comes in. If you want the protection of the only One who can protect you, then you must live in such a way that He can abide with you all the time. How then can you live in such a way as to make God abide with you all the time? I John 1:5-7 provides the answer: “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” If we say we have fellowship with God and we walk in darkness, we are liars.

However, if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sins. God is hundred percent light. In Him there is no trace of darkness at all. Whoever wishes to fellowship with God must keep this in mind at all times. Holiness is light, while sin is darkness. Therefore, if you want to have fellowship with God all the time, you have to live holy. The moment you experience holiness and begin to have fellowship with God all the time, you have put on the whole Armour of God. Then you will experience safety.

Memory Verse: Psalms 91:1 - “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”