daily devotionals for july 16. today's scripture reading will be psalms 64
verses 1 through 3. hear my voice o god in my meditation preserve my life from fear of the
enemy hide me from the secret plots of the wicked from the rebellion of the workers of iniquity
who sharpen their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows bitter words
well you know that's the tactic of the enemy to always be coming against us through people
you know it isn't like he stands here in front of us and and uses uh accusations although he
is the accuser of the brethren but he uses people to do this to shoot their arrows to
bend their bows to bring bitter words of judgment accusation slander you know to curse us with words
so david is saying here you know hide me lord hide me from them now where do
we hide i say this all the time in the secret place of the most high you know we need faith
the faith of god not fear of the enemy you know there are different things that happen that
i wouldn't say that i get fearful of but something happens it's a sudden thing and
it's more of a surprise and it can take you off guard but we can't operate in fear once you
operate in fear you really have come into agreement with the enemy so there are things that
will happen from time to time and uh you know one thing is like somebody cutting you off in traffic
i had somebody do that the other day i i i just prayed for him that lord help them that they
get to where they need to be because they could have easily caused an accident but was i in fear
no i was taken off guard because this vehicle came out it was a truck it came out of nowhere
in a rainstorm so but we you know people the devil uses people to slander us to bring accusation
to be judgmental and and critical and they use the words remember the only power the enemy has
is through the words that we speak that's why we need to rest in the lord and let uh
it's like having he covers us he shelters us and when things come against us those fiery darts and
arrows come against us they should be bouncing off of us because he has us covered and cloaked
in his glory and in his light and in his power in when something comes against us because we have
christ in me the hope of glory and the power of the holy spirit within me it's those things from
the enemy should be bouncing off of us you know bob would say return to sender you know let those
things return to sender we don't need to receive them we can accept them by agreeing with the enemy
or we can return it to the sender we can say no to the options and not believe the things that
you know if somebody's talking about you you know they usually do it to make themselves feel good
okay if you are god righteous and doing what the lord has called you to do
keeping a zipper on the lip not speaking unkind things to others or against others okay remember
that gives the enemy access so don't do that agree with god stand on the solid rock of jesus christ
stay in the scriptures and let him be your rear guard okay children till next time be blessed