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Rondel Rumburg, ThM, DMin</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Acanthus Black SSi ,serif","serif"'>299</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="_Hlk91057747"><span style='font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'>Incarnate God! the soul that knows</span><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Thy name’s mysterious power<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Shall dwell in undisturbed repose,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Nor fear the trying hour.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Thy wisdom, faithfulness and love,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>To feeble helpless worms;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>A buckler and a refuge prove,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>>From enemies and storms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>In vain the fowler spreads his net,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>To draw them from thy care;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Thy timely call instructs their feet,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>To shun the artful snare.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>When like a baneful pestilence,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Sin mows its thousands down<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>On every side, without defence,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Thy grace secures thine own.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>No midnight terrors haunt their bed,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>No arrow wounds by day;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Unhurt on serpents they shall tread,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>If found in duty’s way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Angels, unseen, attend the saints,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>And bear them in their arms;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>To cheer the spirit when it faints,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>And guard the life from harms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>The angels’ Lord, himself is nigh,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>To them that love his name;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Ready to save them when they cry,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>And put their foes to shame.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Advisor Medium SSi ,serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Crosses and changes are their lot,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>Long as they sojourn here;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>But since their Savior changes not,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'>What have the saints to fear?<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>John Newton (1725-1807)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%'>Thou Shalt Not Be Afraid</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><a name="_Hlk85183849"></a><a name="_Hlk67646616"><i>“</i></a><i>Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><i>nor for the arrow that flieth by day; </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><i>Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; </i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><i>nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.”</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:120%'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><a name="_Hlk78472702">Psalm 91:5-6<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:120%'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:120%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>There is a beautiful display of pictorial language used in Psalm 91 by the Psalmist through the Holy Spirit’s guidance. Obviously, the L</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>ORD</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> does not want His children afraid of their shadows when He would have them dwelling in the secret place of Him the most High and abiding under His Almighty shadow (v. 1). Those who truly trust in the Lord and rely upon Him shall know His protection. In this passage our God stipulates that we are not to be afraid of the extremes of nocturnal assaults or attacks in broad daylight. Then there is the personification: Pestilence is creeping about in the dark and Destruction is bringing on violence at noonday. We need to contemplate this! Why? “Fear hath torment” (1 John 4:18) which means fear is a torturous thing for it anticipates pain. Fear will rob you of your humanity. No, “the L</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>ORD</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> … is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust” (v. 2).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:120%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Our great God who is the most High and the Almighty covers us with His feathers, so that under His wings we may trust; He reveals to us His truth which is to also be our shield and buckler (v. 4). Spurgeon noted that it would be sacrilege if a man came up with such an expression. Our God presents this picture of Himself as a hen covering her chicks; this portrays the Lord’s protection of His own. These wings as it were hide His children safety from dangers and thus provide protection. Yes, under His wings four blessings are conferred upon us: there we are <i>concealed</i> from the notice of the enemy lion going about seeking to devour; there we are <i>protected</i> from the attack of the spiritual birds of prey, for they are the power of the air; there we find a healthful shade which <i>refreshes</i> us from the overpowering heat of the spiritual conflict; there also we are <i>nourished</i> with spiritual benefits only He can provide.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:120%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>How can the Lord’s children not be afraid for the terror by night or the arrow that flies by day? David Dickson, the Puritan, penned, “The true remedy against tormenting fear is faith in God; for many terrible things may befall men when they are most secure, like unto those which befall men in the night: but for any harm which may befall the believer this way, the Lord here wills him to be nothing afraid.” The question is, “Am I under the shadow of the Almighty?” Also, “Am I trusting myself under the shadow of His wings?” Then “thou shalt not be afraid!”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:120%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day.” John Knox, the minister of the gospel so greatly used by God in Scotland during the Reformation there, was the object of the evil intentions of many enemies. He had many surprising escapes from the murderous designs of false religionists. He was accustomed to sit at the head of the table in his own home, with his back to the window. On one specific evening, however, he providentially was compelled to not sit in that place, nor would he allow anyone else to sit there. That very night a bullet was shot through the window purposely to kill him; it grazed the chair in which he usually sat and made a hole in the foot of the candlestick.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:120%'><span style='color:#C00000'>Charles H. Spurgeon related a personal account of his trust in the Lord, he wrote, “</span><span style='color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'>In the year 1854, when I had scarcely been in London twelve months, the neighborhood in which I laboured was visited by Asiatic cholera, and my congregation suffered from its inroads. Family after family summoned me to the bedside of the smitten, and almost every day I was called to visit the grave. I gave myself up with youthful ardor to the visitation of the sick, and was sent for from all corners of the district by persons of all ranks and religions. I became weary in body and sick at heart. My friends seemed falling one by one, and I felt or fancied that I was sickening like those around me. A little more work and weeping would have laid me low among the rest; I felt that my burden was heavier than I could bear, and I was ready to sink under it. As God would have it, I was returning mournfully home from a funeral, when my curiosity led me to read a paper which was … in a shoemaker's window in the Dover Road. It did not look like a trade announcement, nor was it, for it bore in a good bold handwriting these words:<span class=i> - </span>“<span class=i>Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling</span>” (Ps. 91:9-10). The effect upon my heart was immediate. Faith appropriated the passage as her own. I felt secure, refreshed, girt with immortality. I went on with my visitation of the dying in a calm and peaceful spirit; I felt no fear of evil, and I suffered no harm. The providence which moved the tradesman to place those verses in his window I gratefully acknowledge, and in the remembrance of its marvelous power I adore the Lord my God</span><span style='color:#C00000'>.” Yes, Spurgeon realized anew that all things good, bad, or indifferent work together for good to those who love God. 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