Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—the Most High, who is my refuge— no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
Psalm 91:9-13 (ESV)Where do we "park" our hopes and dreams? Are they connected to our skills, talents, resources, family, and so on? No matter how valuable our skills are, how reliable our family is, or how many resources we have accumulated, our trust must be in God alone, or we will experience tremendous failure.
This Psalm says this: "Because my dwelling place is the Lord, the Most High, who is my refuge, no evil shall be allowed." "Because" is a keyword that makes this passage easy to apply.
What would be considered my dwelling place, where my hope and trust are? The peace or lack of peace will reveal the true answer to this seldom-asked question.
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