Refuge now and beyond!
Verse for Today: Sunday, December 16, 2012
Psalms 7:1 – O Lord my
God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me.
It is difficult to see
how a great and courageous warrior like David becomes so weak as to cry out of
helplessness. He had no crisis of confidence when he faced Goliath and won series
of victories for Israel. But when he was attacked with words of mockery and
ridicule by a weakling like Cush, David was shaken and bewildered. David
realized that the despising words of one of his servants at a time when he was
running away from his own son Absalom was far beyond what he could take. It
broke his heart and took away his confidence. He felt that there was impending
danger awaiting him. He was so deeply discouraged and felt like a helpless baby.
He realized that the old soldier in him was long gone and in its place, there
was only a skeleton. He had no one else to talk to and no other place to go to.
But David knew that when all others forsook him, there would still be a place and
a person to go to. Out of desperation, David sang a song of total dependence on
the Lord. He declared that he had no refuge other than the Lord and so he
submitted to Him for rescue, deliverance, restoration and peace. His plea was a
clear indication of his realization that his enemy was powerful like a lion that
could tear him to pieces. When we follow the path of David in totally
surrendering to the Lord and declaring our absolute helplessness, the Lord
would answer us and send deliverance. The cry of David encourages us today to humble
ourselves before God for Him to lift us up. His ears are open to our cries and
His eyes behold our tears. He sees our situations well before we even realize
the dangers that loom large around us.
Dear friend, are you a
helpless weakling crying like a baby for rescue from imminent danger in your situation?
Do you feel threatened because your present situation seems more dangerous than
any other that you had experienced in the past? But don’t you forget that your
Lord who called you out is alive and He is watching what is going on around
you. Don’t forget for a moment that your
Lord is in control of your situation. You are perturbed because you have not
yet seen the end, but are agitated by seeing the beginning of the fallout. Your
Lord is working out your rescue and deliverance. The present predicament is permitted
in your life to teach you to humbly depend on the Lord for rescue. He wants you
to reach a stage when you realize that your might, past victories,
resourcefulness and supporters will not be able to help you. In fact, many of
your supporters might be waiting for an opportunity to pull your legs. Today
God is showing you that He is the only help available. He wants you to learn
that you cannot depend on any one else or anything else to solve your problems.
He wants you to submit yourself and your problems to Him to resolve it His way.
When you are desperate and go to Him confessing
Him as your only hope, He will answer you and rescue you. He has already given
you promises about your future and will not relent. He wants you to hold on to
the Promise Giver and have absolute faith in Him. This is not the time to wallow
over your situation and give up. It is time to trust God to send you help and
refuge and wait for His time.
Psalms 27:5 – For in
the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the
shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
Thought for Today
When we see the beginning of trouble in our
situations, our God sees its end the way He has resolved it.
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