Dedication:
Acknowledgement
Preface
Text of Psalm 91
Introduction: Why Psalm 91? Why Now?
Part One Overview of Psalm 91, God, Pain and Suffering, and the Secret Place
Chapter One: The God of Psalm 91
Chapter Two: A Closer Look at the Secret Place and the Problem of Pain
Part Two Psalm 91: Verse-by-Verse
Chapter Three: Where is the Secret Place?
Chapter Four: Promise of Deliverance
Chapter Five: God's Truth Delivers
Chapter Six: No-Fear Zone
Chapter Seven:Divine Protection Reaffirmed
Chapter Eight:Angels on Assignment
Chapter Nine:Wild Animals Subdued
Chapter Ten:Deliverance and Promotion
Chapter Eleven:God's Presence, Answered Prayer and Enlargement
Chapter Twelve: The Power of an Endless Life
Appendix One:A Psalm 91 Prayer
Appendix Two:An Appeal
Appendix Three:The Promises of Trusting God
Extract from Introduction
God's Secret Place
The Psalm's theme is clear: in a world full of change and crisis, God offers refuge, strength, and ultimate victory to those who trust and obey Him. The promises in Psalm 91 are as true today as when they were first written three thousand years ago.
As we will see, God's secret place has always been a comfort and guide, a city of refuge, and a cave of Adullam for believers throughout the centuries. Like an insurance policy, it grants us protection from the normal and unusual challenges of life. If times were normal, peaceful, and prosperous, people would feel no need to draw on this psalm's timeless counsel. Yet in light of the great shaking and aftershocks of the day, it is time to become acquainted with the psalm that can quell your fears, nurture your spirit, brighten your countenance, and plant rock-solid, divine hope into your heart.
Our goal is simple: to help inspire faith, hope, grace, and peace in the heart of the reader. This will come by understanding and applying what this great psalm says. If you build your house on the rock, then you will be able to withstand all of life's storms. You will transition from being overwhelmed to becoming unshakeable. Once that happens, you can face the present and future with confidence. Imagine the things you can do when you're not crippled by anxiety, fear, doubts, and bondage. Yet it will require a change of mind, soul, spirit and body. You will need to listen to and obey the words of God and become a Biblical practitioner by the power of the Holy Spirit. You will need to place your life solely into God's hands
Who is the God of Psalm 91?
The important thing to remember is that it is the one and only true God, maker of heaven and earth, who invites us to come and make ourselves at home 'with Him' and 'in Him.' There can, indeed, be a mystery to God's dealings, which may not be apparent to you at the time that you most need Him (Daniel 2:22; Job 12:22; Jeremiah 33:3). But Scripture emphasizes that we must come to God, who is always good, and commit ourselves to Him and trust in Him at all times, even when we don't understand the situation we are in. Those wise people who do precisely this will experience protection, peace, provision, and promotion. Once we are cognisant of what God is truly offering in Psalm 91, we should see that it is, in truth, the proverbial offer that is 'too good to refuse.'
From here, we are ready to go deeper into Psalm 91.
