Psalms 91:10-11. Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
You remember how the devil misapplied this text to Christ. He was quite right in the application; but he was quite wrong in the. quotation, for he left out the words "in all thy ways." God will help us in our ways if we keep in his ways. When we meet with trouble and accident, we ought to inquire whether we are in God’s way. That famous old Puritan, holy Mr. Dodd, having to cross a river, had to change from one boat into another, and being little used to the water, he fell in, and, when he was pulled out, in his simplicity and wisdom he said, "I hope that I am in my way." That was the only question that seemed to trouble him. If I am in my way, then God will keep me. We ought to ask ourselves, "Now, am I in God’s way? Am I really moving today and acting today as divine providence leads me, and as duty calls me?" He who travels on the king’s business, by daylight, along the king’s highway, may be sure of the king’s protection. "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Come here, Gabriel, Michael, and all the rest of you," says the great King of kings to the angels around his throne; and when they come at his call, he says, "Take care of my child. Watch over him today. He will be in peril;
suffer no evil to come near him."
Psalms 91:10-11. Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
You remember how the devil misapplied this text to Christ. He was quite right in the application; but he was quite wrong in the. quotation, for he left out the words "in all thy ways." God will help us in our ways if we keep in his ways. When we meet with trouble and accident, we ought to inquire whether we are in God’s way. That famous old Puritan, holy Mr. Dodd, having to cross a river, had to change from one boat into another, and being little used to the water, he fell in, and, when he was pulled out, in his simplicity and wisdom he said, "I hope that I am in my way." That was the only question that seemed to trouble him. If I am in my way, then God will keep me. We ought to ask ourselves, "Now, am I in God’s way? Am I really moving today and acting today as divine providence leads me, and as duty calls me?" He who travels on the king’s business, by daylight, along the king’s highway, may be sure of the king’s protection. "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Come here, Gabriel, Michael, and all the rest of you," says the great King of kings to the angels around his throne; and when they come at his call, he says, "Take care of my child. Watch over him today. He will be in peril;
suffer no evil to come near him."