Psalm 90:12 – “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”

As I read, prayed, and meditated on the Word of God today, Psalms 90-92 resonated deeply with my heart.   A central theme in them is that God has a dwelling place that we can access and live in NOW!    Now is the key.   We will, one day, be in heaven, but there is a place in the Spirit that we can access NOW!

In Psalm 90:12, we are asked to be mindful of our mortality and the brevity of earthly life.   Why?   It is to motivate us to apply our hearts to wisdom.   We are told that the beginning of wisdom is the reverential fear of God.

Psalm 91 serves as a guidebook of life for the child of God.   It, too, begins with the focus on that non-earthly dwelling place in God that believers can access NOW!

Living in the consciousness of God encourages and empowers us.  In that condition and from that presence, we know and declare that God is our refuge, fortress, and God.  We know, declare, and expect deliverance from demonic entrapment.  We are confident because, in that dwelling place, God covers us with His truth and power that banishes fear.  Remember, there is no fear in love.

In that place, we live in God’s divine protection, seeing the destruction but living in the midst of it, untouched.  It is a place of health and healing.  It is a place of angelic protection.  Angels are ministers of help!  Their assignment is protection and guidance.

In Psalm 92, the people who abide in God have a unique promise.  Verses 12-15 serve as a redescription and reminder of the person described in Psalm 1.   They flourish like the Palm tree.  Those planted (a key) in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of God.  They will win their cases of judgment against evil.  They will enforce the victory of Jesus.  They will be productive and fruitful even in their twilight years.  They will be examples and testimonies of God’s mercy, love, justice, power, and purity.

Young or old, if we search out and dwell in God, making Him our abode, these promises and provisions are ours!  The key is to seek Him and abide in Him.  Bloom where you are planted in the Garden of God’s choosing.  We are living stones that must surrender our wills to His.  We are building blocks in God’s house.  We are the Body of Christ, the Family of God, and His warriors.  We have His presence and promise filled with provisions and power to overcome any problem.

Psalm 91:16 – “With long life will I satisfy him, and show him My salvation.”

We have no excuse not to flourish!   We have His presence, promise, and power.   We can run through a troop and leap over a wall.  From abiding in Him and His Word abiding in us, we can live victoriously, setting captives free and living free!  The key is dwelling or abiding in Him.  Total surrender!

Lord, help us to live in the NOW and be who You have created us to be NOW!