The GOD of Angel Armies IS Always By My Side

This morning as I started to write my blog, I kept hearing this song and I just had to share it. 


Here are the lyrics. (To hear this song, click on the title of today's blog.)



"Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)"

You hear me when I call
You are my morning song
Though darkness fills the night
It cannot hide the light

Whom shall I fear

You crush the enemy
Underneath my feet
You are my sword and shield
Though troubles linger still

Whom shall I fear

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

My strength is in Your name
For You alone can save
You will deliver me
Yours is the victory

Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in Your hands
I'm holding on to Your promises

You are faithful
You are faithful

And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in Your hands
I'm holding on to Your promises

You are faithful
You are faithful
You are faithful

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The one who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies
Is always by my side

The God of angel armies
Is always by my side



This song is actually called, "Whom Shall I Fear."


What an awesome song this is.  It glorifies the LORD and reminds us that we do NOT have to be afraid because HE IS always with us. 


GOD IS SO AWESOME!!!  I love him so!!! 


From the first time I met HIM, HE began to teach me that as long as I was HIS CHILD, I had nothing to fear. 


When I was a small child I had nightmares, and I would sleepwalk.  And when I woke up, whether I was still in my bed or NOT, I would be terrified. 


That is when the LORD taught me about pleading the blood.  So, every night when I got in bed, I would pray that I would NOT have nightmares and I would plead the blood of Jesus over my mind to protect me and keep the nightmares away.  

Fear is a tool of the devil and HE uses it against us to make us miserable and keep us from doing God’s Will.  He doesn’t care if you are young or old, if he can keep you scared, he will. 



Fear keeps you from living and going and doing.  Fear can paralyze you and keep you from speaking at times, but when you know that God is right there beside you protecting you, then you know that you have NOTHING to be afraid of!!! 



God tells us in HIS WORD that we do NOT have to fear!!! 


2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

See where it says a SOUND MIND?  That is because when we fear we do NOT think straight or make good decisions. 


But when we trust in God and have PEACE in HIM, we know that we will be fine and that God is with us.

Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)  You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.


The Amplified Bible says it this way. 


Isaiah 26:3 (AMP) You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.

GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME!!!  WHOM SHALL I FEAR!!! 



WHOM SHALL I FEAR?

I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of Angel Armies
Is always by my side

The One who reigns forever
HE is a friend of mine
The God of Angel Armies
Is always by my side


The God of Angel Armies IS ALWAYS by my side.




 

God Has Good Plans for You and Me!!!

There are a whole bunch of folks that think that God is mad at them.  And then there are others that think that God doesn’t want them to have any fun or pleasure in life!!!

But that just isn’t so.  God isn’t like that at all! 

The fellow that they are describing is none other than the devil himself.  It is the devil who wants everyone to be miserable and defeated and depressed!!!

John 10:10 (CEB) The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life—indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest.

Do you see in that scripture where Jesus tells us that HE came to give us life?  What good would a sorry miserable life be to anyone?  That is NOT the kind of life that God wants us to have.


God loves ALL of us!!!  Saved or unsaved, HE LOVES US!!!  And HE wants good things for us!!! 


Jeremiah 29:11 (CEB) I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.

Jeremiah 29:11 (CEV) I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.

GOD wants us to have wonderful lives full of LOVE and JOY and PEACE!!!

John 14:27 (NCV) “I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.


Romans 15:13 (NCV) I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

And if you have any doubt that God loves you, then you must NOT know that Christ died, so that we might live eternally. 


John 3:16 (NCV) God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.



You know, a lot of folks want to blame God for all the bad things that have happened in their lives.  They want to blame HIM for the way their lives have turned out!!!


But if they were honest and they admitted the truth, they would admit that they made bad decisions and that when God tried to steer them in the right direction, they refused to allow HIM to lead them.


Let’s be honest!!!  MOST OF US ARE HARD-HEADED!!!  And it gets us into trouble!  It causes us to make mistakes and do the wrong things. 


God wants to help us.  HE really does!!!  HE tells us so in HIS WORD. 


Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct^[a] your paths.

Do you see the tiny [a] next to the word direct.  Well, the footnotes in this particular Bible say that when God promises to direct our paths, that means HE will make our paths smooth or straight.


I just love that!  That means at when I allow God to lead me, and I listen to HIM, then HE will make my life easier and the way that I go will be smooth and straight!!!


You know, I can tell you that this is so true. There have been many times in my life when I did NOT listen to God, because I too can be hard headed.  And in those times, my path was bumpy and rough and NOT easy to travel.


But on the days that I listen to HIM, and say how should I do this LORD?  Please lead me LORD.


HE DOES!!!!!!!!  My day goes smoothly and things just fall into place!   And everything is SO RIGHT and OHHHH SOOOOOOO  EASY!!! 

    

I think that at times we miss God because HE refuses to shout at us and use an old bull horn to get our attention!


Instead God speaks softly, or you feel a nudge.  Or you just turn a certain direction in your vehicle NOT really knowing why, and then you realize it is GOD!!! 


 
1 Kings 19:12 (NKJV) and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

And if we listen to that still, small voice, everything will be okay in our lives.  And we will be able to say that ALL IS WELL!!!