{"id":6466,"date":"2015-10-11T22:09:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstofallpray.com\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2015-10-19T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:00:04","slug":"1-peter-15-protected-by-the-power-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firstofallpray.com\/?p=6466","title":{"rendered":"1 Peter 1:5\u2014Protected by the power of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.<\/em>\u00a0 1 Peter 1:5<\/p>\n

I have experienced amazing close calls and supernatural deliverances from death and harm in my life. I have documented several of these experiences in this blog, FirstOfAllPray.com. Here are a few of my testimonies:<\/p>\n

There Your hand will lead me<\/a><\/p>\n

Like lambs led to slaughter<\/a><\/p>\n

“Ever thought you might be martyred???”<\/a><\/p>\n

“You’re WEIRD!!!”<\/a><\/p>\n

God’s supplemental insurance policy, Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n

I definitely have confidence that part of our inheritance from the Lord is access to His protection for our physical bodies here on the earth. I believe, however,\u00a0that this particular <\/em>verse refers to our spiritual <\/em>protection even\u00a0more\u00a0so\u00a0than our physical <\/em>safety.<\/p>\n

\u2026 who are protected by the power of God through faith\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

A very important nugget is revealed in this portion of Scripture: You are protected by the power of God through faith<\/em>. Whether you seek God for physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual protection, all <\/em>protection from God is best accessed by faith in His faithfulness, His covenant, and His great mercy. And as I have seen in my own life, sometimes my faith is very small\u2014yet even then He has come through for me. When you experience Divine intervention in any <\/em>way\u2014whether you exercised your faith for it or not\u2014rejoice and give thanks to God for what He accomplished on your behalf. I believe that a thankful heart paves the way for future help from Him even when your faith starts to falter.<\/p>\n

How do you develop faith to counter all the fearful thoughts, events, and lurking dangers out there? The best way I know to do this is to find Bible verses on God\u2019s protection, copy them, and absorb them. Live in them until they become a part of your very being\u2014a part of your DNA. Although I believe that 1 Peter 1:5 has more to do with spiritual <\/em>protection than with physical <\/em>safety, the Bible is loaded with other verses that promise His protection for our bodies in the here and now. But again\u2026as Peter stated in verse 5, this protection is accessed through faith in Him.<\/p>\n

\u2026 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus once said, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?\u201d<\/em> (Mark 8:36)\u00a0 You can live a secure, prosperous, satisfying life throughout your time on the planet, but if you haven\u2019t invested in your eternal soul through a relationship with God built on faith in Jesus, everything you\u2019ve built and worked for will evaporate the very instant you take your last breath.<\/p>\n

Conversely, you may have struggles, issues, lack, and unanswered, nagging questions during your lifetime. However, if you have invested in your eternal soul through entering into a relationship with God through faith in Christ, for you<\/em> the doors of Heaven will open wide on the day you breathe your last. For you, salvation is ready to be revealed in that last time.<\/p>\n

Why then, does someone who is already<\/em> a believer need to be protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed<\/em>? Because so many pitfalls, snares, temptations, and trials cross our paths that without the keeping power of God, many of us would likely follow the advice of Job\u2019s wife, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”<\/em> (Job 2:9)<\/p>\n

Have you ever been tempted to give up on your faith? On God? On the church? On life? Evidently, you\u2019re not alone, and God has made provision for this very possibility by providing for you His keeping, protective power. All He requires is faith\u2014not great<\/em> faith (which, at low times, you will not have)\u2014He requires a tiny grain<\/em> of faith\u2014a mustard seed<\/em> of faith, a barely utterable squeak<\/em> of faith\u2014and in return, He will be the unseen Presence with you in the midst of your darkest hour, guarding you, helping you, steadying you until you come out on the other side of your pain, chaos, and confusion.<\/p>\n

Yes, I have been delivered out of many potentially deadly scenarios, and for that I will be ever grateful. But even more amazing, humbling, and praiseworthy is that God\u2014time and again\u2014has rescued me and kept me safe and secure from the unseen, spiritual<\/em> forces of darkness intent upon leveraging me away from the blessed hope and assurance that I have in Jesus Christ\u2014forces bent upon robbing me of that salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. God’s keeping power toward me\u2014and<\/em> you\u2014is sufficient to preserve\u00a0us in Him for the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n

And for that, I am eternally thankful!<\/p>\n

Dorothy<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father\u2019s hand<\/em>.\u201d John 10:27-29<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2015, Dorothy Frick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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