Make my Refuge
12:43 PM
Reading by lamplight as I waited for the sun to rise, my eyes caught hold of these verses.
Ps 57:1 ...for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Ps 59:16- but I will sing of thy power; yes, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of trouble.
I felt the Lord gently ask me,
"Heather,
In your day of trouble, have you made me your defense and refuge?"
The first Psalm mentioned above says "will I make" that's a verb, it takes action. Will I actively make Him my refuge and defense?
The first Psalm mentioned above says "will I make" that's a verb, it takes action. Will I actively make Him my refuge and defense?
Many times, I almost prefer to have my "pet worries" and try desperately to solve my own problems. I muse frustrated for hours, trying to figure out and make sense of everything myself.
Nevertheless God loves it when we come to the place where we need Him. If I'm really honest, I'll admit that I want to be self-sufficient. I'd rather not bother Him, thank you very much. But what if He sends us trials, tests and problems so that we can know Him as our defense, strength, and refuge? What if problems are given- not as issues to be solved, but rather as gifts to teach us to make Him our strength, refuge, and defense?
God? He stands there like a gentleman and waits... on me, to once again realize I can't do this on my own. He wants me to know I wasn't made strong enough to take it all, that's why He offers to help. He has ALL power, no limits, no issues Himself and simply waits to show Himself strong on my behalf. He can be anything I need Him to be, my strength, my shield, my defense, my comforter, but I must come to the place where I will admit to Him that I need Him to be that for me. He waits for me to come running to Him for help.
Ps 59:9 says, ¨Because of His strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.¨
David recognized that it involved His waiting upon God. Waiting, in this instance, means to keep, observe, guard, take heed, watch. God's always there for me, but until I come before Him and wait on Him, I will not find Him because I´m usually too busy trying to do it all myself.
David recognized that it involved His waiting upon God. Waiting, in this instance, means to keep, observe, guard, take heed, watch. God's always there for me, but until I come before Him and wait on Him, I will not find Him because I´m usually too busy trying to do it all myself.
When will we run to Him, find his strength, trust His defense, and embrace His mercy? When will we wait on Him, looking upward, meanwhile resting perfectly content in each page of His story for our lives? His undying mercy awaits. In the shadow of His wings will I make my refuge.
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