Luke 10:19 19Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Years ago, while traveling on a domestic flight in the United States, I was
seated next to a woman whose whole body was tense with fear. Concerned,
I asked if I could help her in any way. Between sobs, she told me
about her fear of flying. I told her, “Don’t worry. I am on board. Nothing will happen
to the plane.” I did not say it with pride. I said it knowing that the Lord was
on board the plane with me and that I would have a safe journey because He has
promised that “nothing shall by any means hurt you”.
Once, when Jesus was in the boat with his disciples, He told them, “Let us
cross over to the other side.” (Mark 4:35) Believing that they would cross over to
the other side, He fell asleep in the stern. A great storm arose, but it could not
rouse Him from His sleep, only the cries of His terrified disciples did. They had
forgotten what Jesus had said about them crossing over to the other side. They
had also forgotten that with Jesus in the boat with them, there was no possibility
of them going down. Nothing could by any means hurt them because Jesus was
with them.
Even being thrown into a fiery furnace could not hurt three young Hebrew
men because they believed that God would deliver them. They had proclaimed
to the heathen King Nebuchadnezzar, “... our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand,
O king.” (Daniel 3:17) And in the midst of their fiery trial, their deliverer not
only walked with them in the fire, He also delivered them from all harm. King
Nebuchadnezzar even said, “Look! I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
(Daniel 3:25)
Beloved, in the midst of your storm or fiery trial, because Jesus is with you,
nothing shall by any means hurt you!
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