Where Do You Live?

We live in disturbing times. There is Obamacare and a government moving against religious freedom -- specifically Christian freedom. There is crime and immorality. There are worse-than-useless schools and similar churches. There is identity theft and child theft and rape and murder. And on and on. The culture is turning against us. We live in a society that is opposed to insulting or attacking any group at all ... except Christians. There are political uncertainties, legal uncertainties, economic uncertainties, religious uncertainties, physical uncertainties -- every aspect of life. And then we read this:

¹ He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!"
³ For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper
And from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
⁵ You will not be afraid of the terror by night,
Or of the arrow that flies by day;
⁶ Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not approach you.
⁸ You will only look on with your eyes
And see the recompense of the wicked.
⁹ For you have made the LORD, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
¹⁰ No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.
¹¹ For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
¹² They will bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.
¹⁴ "Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
¹⁵ "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
¹⁶ "With a long life I will satisfy him
And let him see My salvation." (Psa 91)

Two main points here. First, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." "Umm, okay ... so?" Which leads to our second point. "You will not be afraid." Not be afraid of snares or pestilence, the terror by night or arrows by day, death and destruction, evil, plague, lions, cobras, or bears (oh my!). (Okay, it's not quite in there, but it could be.) Instead, "With long life I will satisfy Him and let him see My salvation." Thus, repeated over and over in Scripture, "Fear not."

The question, then, is where do you live? Do you live in America or Europe or Asia or ...? Or do you live in the shelter of the Most High? I'd highly recommend the latter in these disturbing times. It's a really good place to be.