God is Our Refuge

Prayer – Lord, I am grateful that You provide me with refuge…a safe place. You are the rock of my foundation—giving my life hope and strength.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don't let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right. Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe. You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger. Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone. I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God. Psalm 31:1-5

 

Meditate. Consider how God is your safe place…giving you hope.

 

Even when we are discouraged, God is there for us. He is our rock—giving us a firm and sure foundation to our life—especially our spiritual life. As I see it, and feel that I have experienced it, our spiritual life binds to our physical and emotional life. When one part of our life is out of whack…everything is out of whack. It is sad to say but think about it. If you are drifting away from the Lord, you are likely to be physically and emotionally upset or at least on edge. Those elements of your very being are like a three- legged stool. Each one has to be of equal length for the stool…your life…to be balanced.

Prayer is the key. Prayer and reading scripture. God speaks to us through His word…and that is the best way to communicate with Him. Pray. Read. Meditate. Pray again, letting God know just how you feel—how you need his intervention in your life. Then just be still before the Lord. God has promised that He hears our prayers. He doesn’t promise that He will answer them the way we ask or expect, but He does listen. In this passage from Psalm 31, David was letting God know that he was entrusting his very spirit into God’s hands. That phrase is often used to release a loved one into God’s hand after death, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he thought he was going to die. It just means that he was trusting God to help him, to rescue him, to lead and guide him, and to redeem him. When we trust God with our very lives and believe that Jesus came to save us…we are redeemed and rescued from our enemies and the ordeals that cause us grief. God is our refuge.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:5-8

 

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