THE SHELTER OF HIS LOVE

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”

Jeremiah 31:3 KJV

One of the definitions in Webster’s Dictionary for shelter is “a position or the state of being covered and protected”.  Hurricane Season starts June 1^st where I live.  I had to go to a hurricane shelter two different times when hurricanes made landfall.  I pray we won’t have another one make landfall this year.

There is another kind of hurricane.  It is the hurricane of life. This hurricane can attack us any day of the year and it can hit us day or night.  There is no warning.  When it hits us, we need to run as fast as we can into the arms of Jesus, into the shelter of His love.  The love of Jesus covers us and protects us.

Have you ever had a day when everything was going great with no problems or heartaches and all of a sudden with no warning at all, satan attacked you?  That’s why Jesus has warned us to be on the alert for satan because satan will try his best to discourage us so much that we will stop serving Jesus.

We must not let that happen.  We need to keep serving Jesus no matter how many times satan attacks us with lies and discouragement.  We read in the Bible.  “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (1 Peter 5:8).

Heavenly Father, I pray for every person who is discouraged.  Please comfort and encourage them.  Thank You for loving us and for protecting us.  Thank You, precious Saviour, for the shelter of Your love.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

May 23, 2015