"He Is My Refuge And My Fortress"

This week, just prior to the start of a new calendar year, many people reflect on the events of the previous year. Some make resolutions or commitments addressing areas of their lives that they desire to change or improve during the upcoming calendar year.

As the Jewish people and the leaders of Israel go through this process, they will find much to be concerned about. In a review of the previous year, they will find that Anti-Semitism is at its highest level since WWII especially in Western Europe and the Middle East.

A Partial List Of Anti-Semitic Happenings In 2014

The Nazi salute has surfaced on TV shows and the internet 

Jewish businesses were boycotted and sanctioned

Ukraine Jewish families had to register their real estate 

Hamas and Palestinian Authority formed one government

20,000 Pro-Palestinian people demonstrated in Paris

3,000 rockets slammed into Southern Israel

Terrorists killed three Rabbis in a Jerusalem Synagogue

In making commitments for the upcoming year, how will the Jewish people and we who support them respond to all of this? A suggestion would be to commit to spending more time before the Throne Room Of God in prayer, supplication and wailing. Psalm 91 is titled "Abiding In The Shadow Of The Almighty." Verses 1,2,9,10,11 say, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of The Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust. Because you have made The Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways."

We can proclaim these verses for God's protection of the Jewish people and ourselves in 2015. God's people, Jew and Gentile, need this protection!

May The Lord Bless And Keep You This Day And Each Day,

Frank