“Whenever We Are Messed With, God Takes It Personal”

1 Chronicles 16:20-22

Personal is defined as of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private; special; exclusive; intimate.

God is 100 percent in control and He can easily protect His children. Whatever happens is allowed by Him. Satan himself can’t lay a finger on God’s children without God’s explicit permission. David is publicly praising God by giving a condensed review of the miraculous history of Israel. He cites some of the miracles God performed to fulfill His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance. Through these miracles, God created a nation of Abraham’s descendants that would bless the entire world. No one and nothing could prevent God’s promise from being fulfilled, even against all odds. When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it, they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings. This passage refers to the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When “they” (the patriarchs) were few in number, they lived as wandering strangers in a strange land. Through all their travels and travails, God protected them, increased their number, and prevented the powerful rulers of the lands where they stayed from harming them.

I come by this morning to let you know there is nothing and no one that can derail God’s will. God had a plan for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and He refused to let the kings of Canaan and Egypt injure them: “For their sake he rebuked kings: ‘Do not touch my anointed ones. This is the same plan God has for us. Be bless and I love you!!! JE