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Taken by Mike Mezuel II
Does it surprise you that Psalms 27
was my life chapter. Well, it does me.
Only a few years prior to my great storm,
I was asked to speak at Calvary Baptist
Church in Andrews Texas. I had never
spoken in front of Adults before and I turned
down the invitation. As the ladies
continued to pray they seemed to believe I
was supposed to go and speak.
My sister asked me one day, "If you
were to speak, what topic would you speak
on." I instantly knew it would be Psalms 27
and told her and then I said, "But God isn't
calling me to speak at the meeting. As they
prayed and God worked, things started
falling into place perfectly and I knew I was
supposed to go and speak.
I think the Lord wanted me to share this
chapter with others so I would nail it down
deep. ever so deep into my heart.
chapter with others so I would nail it down
deep. ever so deep into my heart.
It was only a few years later that this
chapter began to unfold and truly contain
every verse my life would live.
There have been many question me about
why I am not putting myself out there and
travel and speak on a regular basis.
I must say that I haven't felt this is what
the Lord has called me to do. At least this
far he hasn't put this on my heart. What
he has put on my heart is that I am to be
in His pavilion. This verse didn't say he
wants me to be in his sanctuary but it says
in His pavilion. I feel what the Lord is saying
in this verse is I want you in my secret hiding
place. I want to put my arms of protection
around you and when others see your life
they will see the covering. That covering is
the Lord Jesus Christ and this is my desire, that
when others see me they will look right past
who I am and the details of how I fashion my
life, but they will see how Christ has fashioned his
pavilion around me and so protected me that
others will see and know that he can love the
most unlovely and he has taken the time to
hide me in His pavilion, His secret hiding place.
Did you notice the last part of verse 5?
It says,"he shall set me up upon a rock."
I don't think anyone else would understand
this chapter the way I do. Is it a coincidence
this very verse the Lord pressed upon my
heart to claim as my life verse and then
my offender tell me he was going to bury
my body underneath this great rock.
I am not sure what the Lord totally means
by,"He will set me up upon a rock," but I must
say I do believe his hand of protection
was all over my life. I also noticed this
verse didn't say, "He will set me upon a
rock." Why would it say very
specifically that "He will set me UP
upon a rock.
I must say that those last words ring
ever so true and had you lived in my
shoes you would feel the same as I did,
as everyday was such a struggle to walk,
to breath and to carry on with life.
The one thing that kept me going and
still sustains me today is the Lord
being the strength of my heart.
Psalms 27:13-14
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see
the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage,
and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
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