This morning as I was walking my dog, she began to get weary. Her tiny little legs could not keep up with where her mind thought she wanted to go. Every once in a while, when I knew she was getting weary, I would scoop her up and carry her for a bit because I was planning to walk farther than normal. At one point I had set her down after a rest of me carrying her while I walked so, she could walk again. We walked by a yard where some huge dogs were barking. She is not a fan of other dogs, let alone big, huge ones that could seem to swallow her up in one bite. I could sense her anxiety and before she would lose her mind, I scooped her up again and just told her calmly "I've got you Har". As soon as I scooped her up, she relaxed and the barking dogs that had been carrying on fell silent immediately, never to utter another bark. It was in that split second moment that the Lord downloaded to me the same. "The "BIG DOGS" may bark and carry on, but I have you, just keep moving forward and following my plan and listening to my voice." It was then I was reminded of Psalm 91. Maybe you are dealing with the constant bark of the big dogs who have run their loud mouths for far too long with their putrid breath. Trust God to do as He says. He's got it. Just keep placing one foot in front of the other and soon they will be silenced and in the distance.
Psalm 91:
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
