So, it sounds like to dwell in the shadow of the Almighty and in the shelter of the Most High means that if someone throws a spear at you, it will not hit you. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,Īnd then it continues in verse 7 with these amazing words:Ī thousand may fall at your side,īecause you have made the Lord your dwelling place. Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

The phrase comes from Psalm 91, which begins like this: But to get at the actual meaning, let’s quote the psalm, Psalm 91, and then look at an event from the life of a martyred missionary, Jim Elliot, whose biography is titled, by his wife, Shadow of the Almighty. Yes, there is a New Testament equivalent, and yes, Scripture reading is certainly part of the way you keep dwelling in the shelter of the Most High. What does it mean to ‘dwell in the shelter of the Most High’ and to ‘abide in the shadow of the Almighty?’ Is there a New Testament equivalent to this for believers in Christ? And is the practice of daily Scripture reading part of it?” Pastor John, what would you say to Anna? “Pastor John, hello, and thank you for your faithful labors,” she writes. Such a high promise prompted APJ listener Anna to write in. And in that great refuge psalm of Psalm 91, we are given this glorious promise: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1).

Shadow of the almighty elliot