Psalm 91:7-10 NIV
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Verse 7 reminds believers that even when danger surrounds us, God is still our protector. This verse has always stirred something deeper in me, because I don’t believe it is referring to earth alone.
“A thousand may fall at your side… but it will not come near you.”
Most of us have lost someone we loved—someone who loved the Lord, someone we prayed over, pleaded for, and desperately asked God to heal. So how do we pray with confidence that it “will not come near us” when suffering and loss still touch our lives?
I’ve wrestled with that question for years.
I’ve come to believe this promise is not about immunity from pain or loss on this side of heaven. When one falls, the enemy may touch the body, but he cannot claim the soul. If you—or the one you love—belongs to the Lord, suffering may be experienced here on earth, but it does not have the final word. Heaven is a place where pain and suffering no longer exist.
This promise is a protection over the believer’s soul, not a guarantee against physical suffering.
Do I love that? Not always. But I am deeply grateful for the hope of heaven. And I will not stop praying for healing here on earth, just as it is in heaven. I believe God has a purpose for each of us, and I also believe He is a loving, compassionate Father.
Interceding—consistently and boldly—for healing for my daughter and protection over my family is not something I will grow weary of. It is my calling. It is my faith in action. And it is my greatest purpose.