June 12
DWELLING SAFELY APART
"Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob
shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop
down dew" Deut. 33:28
The more we dwell alone, the more safe shall we be. God would have
His people separate from sinners. His call to them is, "Come ye out
from among them." A Christian world is such a monstrosity as the
Scriptures never contemplate. A worldly Christian is spiritually
diseased. Those who compromise with Christ's enemies may be reckoned
with them.
Our safety lies, not in making terms with the enemy but in dwelling
alone with our best Friend. If we do this, we shall dwell in safety,
despite the sarcasms, the slanders, and the sneers of the world. We
shall be safe from the baleful influence of its unbelief, its pride,
its vanity, its filthiness.
God also will make us dwell in safety alone in that day when sin
shall be visited on the nations by wars and famines.
The Lord brought Abram from Ur of the Chaldees, but he stopped
half-way. He had no blessing till, having set out to go to the land of
Canaan, to the land of Canaan he came. He was safe alone even in the
midst of foes. Lot was not safe in Sodom though in a circle of
friends. Our safety is in dwelling apart with God.