91:1-2 Our relationship with God is a personal space. He is our refuge and fortress, our offense and defense. From the strong tower of faith we watch as our enemies are turned away by God's justice and planning. By trusting God, we walk into that fortress and allow the doors of protection to seal behind us.
91:3-6 God protects us from all of our enemies, within and without. Our trust in Him gives us access to His entire arsenal of defense. Temptation, depression, enemy... all of it is turned away by Him. His wisdom counsels us into making better life decisions; His love redesigns our sorrow into joy. His strength intimates and destabilizes our enemies.
91:7-8 The righteous life to see justice delivered to the wicked.
91:9-12 When we make the Lord our dwelling place, we have evacuated all other places. We have rejected the world and chosen this philosophy instead. When we declare God as our dwelling place, we have provision and protection that cannot be measured. He implements protection: "For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone."
God protects our present, heals our past and plans for our future. He assigns angels to assist us, because we have chosen Him. By choosing God, we have access to eternity and blessing that seems impossible to the rest of the world. Most people cannot even conceive of it... but to we who choose and trust God, it is a reality.
91:13 That which might have made us stumble is made surmountable. God ensures that we prevail, even if we need divine intervention in order to do so.
91:14-16 The end of this Psalm is a promise made by our Father:
As surely as our God makes promises, He keeps them. Carry these promises with you, the fuel of your hope. And keep the promises you make to Him. Let it be a mutual, steadfast relationship.“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;I will set him on high, because he has known My name.He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;I will be with him in trouble;I will deliver him and honor him.With long life I will satisfy him,And show him My salvation.”
