The Daily Word: Friday, December 17th, 2021
Nahum 1:1-3:19
Revelation 8:1-13
Psalm 136:1-26
Proverbs 30:7-9
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Commentary from Pastor Michael White:
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. – Nahum 1:15
Evil exists. You have only to look at the news to realize that wickedness runs rampant in the world today. Children are starving all over the world. War is about to bubble over between Russia and Ukraine. Twelve major cities in the United States have already broken annual homicide records in 2021;[1] and the year is not even over yet!
But good exists too. When you know Jesus, the One “who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace!” – “the wicked one shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off.” Jesus is the Prince of Peace! And when you trust in Him, Satan is “utterly cut off” from your life. He no longer has access to your emotions. He can no longer lay a hand on your person! Even if there is evil all around you, it will not come near you:
A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you. – Ps. 91:7
Cling to Jesus. He not only gives you protection; He redeems you from destruction.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for keeping me safe. I declare that the enemy no longer has access to my life. I am free from his influence because I follow You, in Jesus’ name.
© Michael D. White, 2021. All rights reserved.
[1] https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453