Our Best Friend Pact

UV 1048-10,000 Our Best Friend Pact
The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; He will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.

Psalm 41 v 2

Satan is an implacable foe of humanity. He seeks to steal our peace, rob our health, happiness and family unity in a variety of ways. He is not only a thief and a robber but a murderer. He even attempts to cut short our lives in treacherous ways. He disturbs us and distracts us. The enemy does all this to vex us but the Lord redeems us to wax or increase us. The Lord has signed a covenant of word, blood and spirit with us to protect us, our lives, our well being. He heals and delivers us of all our afflictions. He will bless us in the land and not let satan or his agents triumph over us. He will bless us not just on a local or domestic scale, not only in our homes but on a national or country-wide level. The word “ bless” implies the absence of “ gross lack” or critical want or chronic deficiency in any area of life. In real life, we find that the man who is immensely rich has a massive problem in his personal relationships. The one who is famous has a serious addiction to a promiscuous lifestyle. The one who is extremely gifted is facing a health issue. Virtually, every human being is hurt by the poisonous sting of the serpent. But the head of satan is crushed under the heel of the Son of God and so we are healed. The Lord not only protects, sustains and preserves us, He promotes, enhances, strengthens, enlarges, magnifies, encourages, equips, shields, anoints and lifts us up.

The Word of God cures the ills of the world of man as nothing else can. Many are the afflictions of man on this planet but the Word of God has an effective remedy to counter it. There is a specific promise verse for every issue we can potentially face in life. The very name of Jesus acts as a balm of Gilead to heal our wounds. In the area of Gilead in Israel, a particular palm tree proliferated from which an aromatic ointment oozed that could relieve pain and heal wounds. When we pray we are spreading the ointment over all our wounds and aching parts of our lives. Jesus heals us of our inner pain, a pain that is not visible to any one else but we do sense it in our hearts and minds. The Holy Spirit has satan’s subtle and not so subtle moves on his radar and He forewarns, counsels and comforts us in a variety of ways- through dreams, visions, prophecies, word of knowledge and the word of wisdom.

The hidden desire of our foes is that we be weakened. But the proclaimed will of the Lord is to strengthen us and His will always prevails as long as we exercise our faith. The word “ desire” is far weaker than “will”. Desire implies that if it is possible, let it be. But the word “ will” implies to a degree of absolute certainty. The desire of our foes is that we perish but the Lord’s will is to preserve us. The desire of our foes is to malign us and to dishonor us but His will is to honour and exalt us. The enemies stab us in our backs but the Lord covers our backs. They imagine the worst happening to us but the Lord not just imagines but wills the best for us. The enemies want to spoil our testimony but the Lord will uphold us. Even our closest, dearest, nearest can betray us but the Lord proves consistently that He is our best friend forever. David and Jonathan, the son of Saul, David’s sworn enemy had a best friend pact between them that bound them together despite the enmity and hostility that Saul exhibited towards David due to the incitement of satan. Abraham was called just a Friend of God but today thanks to Christ, we have a special relationship for we are the best friends of God and He is our best friend.

Prateep V Philip

Meditate further on these Power expressions: protect, preserve, bless, not surrender