“For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;” (Psalm 91:11)
Moses’ prayer contains a strong force and his will is clearly revealed. He had been born in a big adversity, but he attained a great work of Exodus in God’s providence. In Psalm 91st chapter, Moses referred to God as ‘the Most High’ ‘the Almighty’ ‘the refuge’ ‘the fortress’ and ‘God in whom I trust’. God repels all infectious diseases and disasters, therefore those things cannot dare come near God’s people. Also Jehovah the Lord does strictly punishes the wicked. Remember clearly this those who believe in Jesus Christ by looking at the world with God’s perspective can live with strong will under the protection of the Lord.
These days, people have no choice but to live in anxiety and worries due to various problems. Because, in every part of politics, economy, military, environment, and so on, the situations at home and abroad are in a mess and confusion. Even the church, which is supposed to lead the world into justice, is losing its normal direction in the chaos situation of world, so it is a great problem. The reason why the church became that is because the original identity of the church has been compromised. The solution is, in theory, simple. Recognizing the absolute authority of the Bible and practicing it according to the Bible, the church can stand up properly. For then the church would be done its proper guiding role in society.
As Moses threw away the palace of Egypt, an exodus that is a change from the secular life is just essential to the Christian church. If Moses had wanted only an easy life of reality, he could not have been a great leader for the exodus of the Israelite. Born the son of Israelite, he had to be killed by Pharaoh, but the princess of Egypt brought him up the abandoned at Nile. This was originated from God’s providence to make Israel perform exodus from Egypt. Exodus was a real event that exemplified the salvation of Christians who needed to escape the secular life. If Christians or churches are secularized, they can enjoy an easy life of flesh temporarily. On the other hand, as if Israel who left Egypt had suffered without eating green onions, leeks, garlic, and even not to drink water to its heart’s content, if the church depart away from worldly state, the numbers of church’s members and the amount of donations would decrease, might become making it difficult to maintain the church’s operation.
The people of Israel boldly left Egypt following their leader Moses. The Red Sea and Sinai the wilderness lay before them, but they went forward at the command of the Lord God, risking death and fear. The people followed Moses, but Moses’ guidance alone their exodus couldn’t be attained. By guiding of the Lord who had lead Moses and saved Israel, it was possible all of work, and Exodus was fulfilled in the end. God ‘the Most High’ ‘Almighty’ is a refuge and a fortress for those who believe in Him. This means, anybody can completely enjoy a safe life in God, by believing in Jesus Christ.
It is a human nature that when we encounter difficulties in daily life, we have no choice but to worry and become anxious. Modern people live under more stress than in the past. Modern times are better off environmentally than in the past, so why is the stress increasing? As the environmental matter, we are checking the air pollution index every day. Even if it’s cloudy or hot, we feel refreshed when the pollution index is low. But these days, it’s almost few days the pollution index is very low. Therefore, people have to feel a lot of headache, indigestion, muscle pain, uncomfortable breathing, accordingly they complain of stress. It’s been a long time since this became our daily life. Also, the stress gets worse occurred because of the heartbreaking and negative news of war, murder, and embezzlement, and etc. Even if we live in a reality where have no choice but, fortunately, to worry about health, economy, and war, we who believe in Christ can enjoy the true peace of God.
The Bible text said, “The Lord will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.” Those who believe in Christ as their savior can confirm for oneself the word of that promise in their own lives. The Lord protects your feet from hitting stones when you are in danger. Some who do not believe in this now will know it when they enter in person into the path of believing in Christ and experience it, rather than demanding others to show their evidence.
(Written by Koonoh, Pastor of JDO Presbyterian Church in Korea, on July 17th 2022)
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