Psalm 91:5-6

• What is your greatest fear?• Are you afraid of someone breaking in your home

and doing you harm?• Do you fear people saying bad things about you?• Are you fearful of getting a diagnosis of a terminal

disease? • Or worse, maybe one of your children receiving a

dreadful diagnosis?

• Do you ever battle fear of natural disasters?• Are you afraid of death?• Wouldn’t you love to live with no fears?• NO FEAR—In Psalm 91:5-6, the Lord offers us a life that

is free from fear. • If you have always wanted to live a life free from fear

and worry, now is your chance.

2 Timothy 1:7 – For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)

• If there is a verse that speaks to our present time, it is this one!

• Several thoughts:• If God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, who did? • The enemy! • It is the spirit of this present age.

2. What does God offer us?• Love – why is that important? • When you are fearful, you only think of yourself & survival.• When a believer looks at the volatile times, he is full of

love, giving and sacrifice. • It is not about saving yourself; it is about being pleasing to

the Lord. Vast difference! • That is one reason why we are going to see real believers

shining brightly in this hour.

• Power – That is dunamis in the Greek, which is where we get the word—dynamite.

• Think about it, fear paralyzes and renders you powerless.

• But, you are empowered by the same power that raised Jesus from the dead!

• Resurrection power!

• Sound Mind – What a gift to have a clear, peaceful and sound mind in the midst of the storm.

• When people are fearful, they are tormented by their thoughts.

• Not a believer—we are full of the peace of God! • It is a peace that surpasses all understanding and

guards your heart and mind in Christ Jesus! (Philippians 4:7)

• Now, you can see why God offers these 3 blessings! • This is how we can live a life with No Fear! • But, many ask how can you be so peaceful in the midst of

the volatile world we live in?• Let’s begin by reading the verses we have already covered

in Psalm 91:

Psalm 91:1-4 – 1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust Him. 3 For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. 4 He will cover you with His feathers. He will shelter you with His wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

• We have learned several things from Psalm 91:1. He who dwells in the Secret Place2. I will say . . . • These 2 points are the conditions that we must meet in

order to release the protective power that is found in the rest of the Psalm.

3. I will deliver you from the trap of the trapper4. from deadly pestilence

5. Under the protective wings of a mother hen you can seek refuge

6. His faithfulness is our shield [invisible] and bulwark [discernment].

• Let’s look at what other protective promises the Lord makes to us from verses 5-6:

5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; 6 Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. (NASB)

• Several Points:1. This is 24 Hour Protection—both night and day! • God promises to be there 24/7—7 days a week, 52

weeks a year & 365 days a year, and He will even be there on that 366th day which comes every 4 years.

2. All Evil – Not only do these 2 verses provide around the clock protection, but they cover every evil known to man.

• WW II Illustration: Can you imagine the terror of running out of gas and having to land on the beach of an island that was occupied by Japanese forces?

• The barge drifted over 600 miles, landed on the shore of this island at the exact place the plane had landed & within a couple of hours of their landing!

• This leads us to our first point.• The promises in verses 5-6 are divided into 4

categories, and we are going to briefly look at each:1.) 5a – You will not be afraid of the terror by night. • What is terror by night? • It literally includes all evil that come through man—

kidnapping, robbery, rape, abuse, murder, terrorism and wars.

• It is the dread of what man can do to you.

• Do you remember when you were young being afraid of the night?

• Do you remember the sounds, the creaks, and the fear of what you could not see or the fear of the boogie monster under your bed or in the closet?

• Most kids have those fears, but many are still paralyzed by fears of different kinds as adults.

• But, we can be free to live a life of NO FEAR!

• God addresses this 1st because you need faith in God’s Word to overcome the fear of what man can do to you.

• Fear comes when you think you are responsible for your own protection.

• On the other hand, faith is accepting what God has already done for you.

• In this verse, God promises that you can be free from all fears.

• But, you have to accept it in faith.• How can you do that? • I hate to keep repeating myself. • Remember that repetition is the mother of learning.

• How are you saved? • If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved (Romans 10:9-10).

• With the mouth you confess and with the heart you believe.

• The principle is the same here. • This is the spiritual law of faith which activates the

supernatural in your life. • The weapons that we use in the physical world are

activated by our hands. • But, our spiritual weapons are operated with our

mouth. • We must speak the promises of protection in faith.

• I will say . . . If you believe and speak it, the devil is rendered powerless!

• 1 Corinthians 5:7 – We walk by faith and not by sight.

• We have to choose to believe God’s Word more than the terror attack or the fear by night.

• God wants our faith in His Word to be more of a reality to us than what we see in the natural.

• 2 Examples: Gravity is a law of nature, but the Laws of Aerodynamics supersede it.

• When the proper amount of thrust is added to an airplane, it is able to fly and stay aloft in defiance to the Law of Gravity.

• In like manner, Satan’s attacks can be overcome by the Law of Faith.

• Faith supersedes his attacks.

• Or, take David before Goliath:• Fear – compares yourself to the giant.• Faith – compares the size of the giant to the size of

your God!• God says that the earth is His footstool! • If God is for me, who can be against me? • No one! • I do not have to be afraid of the terror by night.

2.) 5b – [You will not be afraid] of the arrow that flies by day.

• An arrow is something that pierces or wounds us physically, emotionally, spiritually or mentally.

• Arrows are intentional. • These are specific attacks by the enemy with the

intent to harm you.

• The devil knows your weaknesses, and he targets it. • He does not attack your strengths, but rather he attacks the

area of your mind that has not been renewed by the Word of God.

• Examples:– lose your temper quickly – easily offended – lustful thoughts – fearful

• He attacks where he can inflict the greatest harm.

• Ephesians 6:16 – In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (NASB)

• The arrows from the devil are fiery!• They stick and begin to burn everything around it. • Fear begins in the mind through thoughts (arrows).• But, the Lord shows us that we can lift our shield of faith to

extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. • That doesn’t mean most but all!• Assignments against us can be cancelled through faith!

3.) 6a – [You will not be afraid] Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness.

• If you fight the fear of getting a fatal disease, then this verse is for you!

• The 3rd category that God names is pestilence. • This is the only evil that He mentions twice. • Since God does not just put words in the Bible to fill

space, there must be a reason for this.

• God knew that deadly diseases and the fear of contracting one would run rampant in the last days.

• Millions of people have acquired AIDS, malaria, cancer and other fatal diseases.

• It is as if God is saying, I told you in verse 3 that you will be delivered from deadly pestilence. Did you hear Me? In case you didn’t, I wanted to restate it for emphasis! You do not have to fear deadly pestilence like everyone in the world does!

• When I first started thinking about this, I wondered if I had the faith to believe God for this one.

• But, God gently reminds us that faith is not a feeling, but it is a choice to believe what He says in His Word.

• Germ Warfare — Ever since the War on Terror began, there have been scares about biological or germ warfare.

• There is a fear that the terrorists could attempt to release a germ bomb that could potentially kill 1,000’s.

• But, this fear and possibility did not catch God off guard. • 2,000 years ago He inspired the Apostle Mark to write:• These signs will follow those who believe . . . if they drink

any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. (Mark 16)

• The Greek word used for drink can be translated: • to drink, to absorb, to inhale, or to take into the

mind. • God provides protection from airborne diseases &

chemicals for those who will choose to believe it.

• Contaminated Water – What about the fear of contaminated water supplies or food?

• Whenever you hear me say the blessing, I usually pray from Exodus 23:25 – For God has blessed our food and water and has taken sickness and disease far from our midst, so we will fulfill our number of days in full health.

• God has made the provision in His Word for all the evils that can potentially come our way.

• All we have to do is to believe and confess them.

• Let’s quickly look at the 4th category of protection:4.) 6b – [You will not be afraid] of the destruction that

lays waste at noon.

• Natural disasters – Earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, mudslides, floods, hail and fire.

• It is what the world calls acts of God. • They are not from God. • We clearly see this in Mark 4:39 where Jesus

rebuked and calmed the wind and sea.• If they were acts of God, Jesus would not have

contradicted God and rebuked what God sent. • We need to think about some of the goofy things

people say.

• But, there is no where we can go in today’s world where we are safe from natural disasters.

• Just this year alone there have been devastating earthquakes, floods and deadly tornados.

• The experts are calling for more disasters, but we can be free from the fear of natural disasters.

• God promises to protect us from the destruction that lays waste at noon.

• Youth with a Mission missions team during an earthquake in Pakistan.

• Every extreme evil known to man will fall into 1 of these 4 categories listed in verses 5-6.

1. Terror of what man can do to you (physical)2. Arrows—intentional attacks (spiritual & mental)3. Pestilence—sickness, diseases and contaminated water4. Destruction—natural disasters • God offers us deliverance from all of them.

• Grand Island, NE miracle• We need to get to the point where we have more

faith in God’s Word than in what we see around us. • Think about it: God does not make a promise that is

out of our reach. • He has faithfully made all the provisions that we

need to live life with No Fear!

Psalm 91:5-6