• God's Ultimate Protection - Psalm 91

  Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 26, 2025 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Psalms 91:1-16

  Tags:  Fear, Protection, Resurrection, Trust, Overcome, Fortress, Eternal Life, Refuge, Cross Of Christ, Messiah Prophecies  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Baptist

God's Ultimate Protection - Psalm 91

Judy Anderson grew up as a missionary kid in Zaire. As a little girl, she went to a day-long rally celebrating the 100th anniversary of Christian missionaries coming to that part of the country. After a full day of messages and music, an old man came before the crowd and insisted that he be allowed to speak. He said he soon would die, and that he had some important information to share.

*The old man explained that when Christian missionaries had first come a hundred years before, his people thought the missionaries were strange and their message unusual. The tribal leaders decided to test the missionaries in a cruel and harsh way: They slowly poisoned them to death. Over a period of months and years, missionary children died one by one. Then the old man said, "It was as we watched how they died that we decided we wanted to live as Christians."

*That sad story had gone untold for one hundred years. And God worked all things together for good, just as He promised in Romans 8:28. "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." That Scripture is always true! But those faithful missionaries and their children did not find the LORD's ultimate protection until they got to Heaven. And neither will we.

WHEN WE DRAW CLOSE TO GOD, HE WILL GIVE US HIS ULTIMATE PROTECTION.

-Leith Anderson, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Leadership, Vol. 15, no. 2. - Found in "Bible Illustrator for Windows" - Topic: Trust / Subtopic: In God / Index: 1214-1218 - Date: 7/1998.1876 / Title: Paying the Price of Evangelism