Part-Time Lover?

I’m going to say for about 3 years now, the number 91 has shown up everywhere on my radar. I can’t get away from it … It’s the number on receipts. It’s the temperature of the day. It’s the battery percentage on my phone at least once a day when I happen to randomly look down at it. It’s common things, but also obscure things. 91. That’s the number that has been driven into me.  And it makes me think of Psalms 91… one of the greatest comfort psalms I think there is. It’s God’s promises for those who will dwell in Him. It’s beautiful. 

When we choose to abide in Him we are saying, “God, I want to stay close to you ALL the time.” To reference an old song, we’re saying we don’t want to just be a “part-time lover.” We want to stay close. Walk with Him. Talk with Him. Give Him full access and permission to our whole being and daily life. And in that, there is a slew of fringe benefits, my friend! Psalm 91 lists it out. It doesn’t promise trials won’t come. It promises that when they do He’ll have our backs! 

The question for us today is this: 

Are we all in or just part-time?

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Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91:1-16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.91.1-16.NLT