Branded Believer
“ In God (I will praise His word), In the Lord (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Psalms 56 : 10 - 11 NKJV Oftentimes, the story of deliverance is limited to news of freedom from oppression, bondage, and wickedness. More often than not, God allows believers’ passage through the valley of the shadow of death for branding, through faith in the revealed words of the Lord. The words of the Lord (either through scriptural revelation, flash of the words of wisdom, inspirational dreams, etc) are precious, especially in lonely hours and in moments surrounded by the words or ways of threat from the enemies. When the psalmist says “ I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”, it speaks more of an experience of standing on the infallibility of the words of the Lord in the midst of the madness of man; and not really the mindfulness of man. And it is those who merely seek deliverance from the Lord (and not the privi...