The LORD is my Dwelling Place

The LORD is my Dwelling Place.

In Him I live, move, and have my being.

In Him, I can just be.

The LORD is my Refuge.

When the world is overwhelming, I can run to Him and know I will be received.

When I am pressed beyond measure, I can curl up in His arms and know I am loved.

When the world is noisy, I can sit with Him and know quiet and perspective.

The LORD is my Shield.

When I am attacked, He covers me with His own body, His own blood.

I can bury my face in His chest and know I am protected.

The LORD is my Fortress.

When anxiety, fear, and anger chase me, they can only come so far and no farther.

They know they cannot cross His wall.

The LORD is my Strong Tower.

Even when these enemies surround me,

He reminds me that it's nothing He can't handle...

Because the LORD is my Dwelling Place,

no bad thing can come near me that doesn't have to go through Him first.

He is God.

Related Scriptures: Psalm 91 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." Acts 17:27-28 " That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring." Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 61:2-3 "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy." Psalm 37:7-9 "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth." Romans 8:34 "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Psalm 18:2 "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower." Job 38:11 "And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?" Romans 8:38-39 "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." John 10:27-30 "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

*All of the above verses are taken from the King James Version of the Bible due to its poetic style. *

Nicole Jackson-Ozment