God is our refuge
This fresh set of Daily Devotions is being provided for our LCA/NZ family, friends and visitors to help us to keep our eyes on Jesus as we face unsettling times. They can be used by families and individuals as part of the LCA/NZ’s Church@Home resources to encourage us and build trust in our Heavenly Father during this season of uncertainty and physical isolation.
by Ruth Olsen
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This is the first in a set of seven devotions based on Psalm 46.
God is our refuge (Psalm 46:1)
What is a refuge? The dictionary says a refuge is ‘a shelter or protection from danger or trouble; … anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or safety’. A refuge offers safety and security.
We usually tend to think of a refuge as a place. Here we are reminded that our refuge is actually a Person. God is our place of refuge. That’s what he gives to any who seek him. We can run to him and discover we are safe, no matter what is happening.
Times of shaking like now around the world can pummel our sense of security. It’s a good time to consider: what am I holding on to? Where am I anchored? This is a season of ‘stormy weather’, and we don’t know its outcome.
But there is a Person who offers us refuge. It’s available to anyone. Jesus is the way to this refuge. He has opened that door to all. Anyone who trusts him and his love for us – loved all the way to even dying and rising for us, to break the power of sin, death and Satan for us – is already inside the refuge he gives, that he is for us.
The Bible describes Jesus as the Prince of Peace. The peace he gives is living, dynamic, all-calming, so-settling; a peace that the world can’t give (Isaiah 9:6; John 14:27).
Lord God, thank you that you are my refuge. I am grateful. Amen.
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