Reading: Psalm 57:1, Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
My home is my safe place. My wife makes it her quest to assure my protection there. Dealing with the problems of life in the lives of others at work is one things but it would be too much to deal with if I had it at home too. I realize problems don’t stop after 6:00 p.m., but I have to have boundaries too. I count my blessings that my wife stand guard at the phone and with the door.
Even men need a refuge because at times we are in distress. David understood when he wrote this Psalm. He was hiding for his very life in a cave. He needed a shelter, a cave to duck into. We need a refuge because we all need encouragement. When people are discouraged, they don’t need critics, they already hurt enough. They need a place to hide and heal. A willing, caring, available someone, a confidant, a comrade at arms. You can’t find one? Why not share David’s shelter? The One he called “My Strength, my Rock, my Hightower.”
We need a refuge because at times we need a training ground. Remember the making of a saint is the task of a lifetime and God doesn’t give up. David was humble enough to learn in the cave. He turned to God and found in Him a place of rest and repair.
Do you have a place of refuge and, if so, what or who is that?
How often do you access that place of refuge?
Challenge: Today, thank God and anyone who offers you a place of refuge and, then, run to that place today to renew your strength and rest.
REVIEW
How were you able to demonstrate your gratitude for your refuge today?
How were you able to run to your place of refuge and how were you able to renew your strength and rest?
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