Refuge

I so enjoy reading the Psalms in the Bible. Recently I went through all of them and highlighted the word refuge. A refuge is a shelter or protection from danger or distress; a place to flee to get away from people or places that are unsafe. Sometimes our refuge place is somewhere to go that is quiet, away from the anxiousness of this world.

As a little girl I would build a blanket tent. Maybe you had a tree house. As a teenager my refuge was to close the door to my bedroom. Being a young mom sometimes just getting in the car and going to the grocery store alone would work. We all need a place of refuge.

So I have a place of refuge but in that refuge place is where I meet with my Lord. I find as I am there that He is my refuge, my safe place, my stronghold, my rock, my fortress, my shield, my guard, my deliverer. And I have come to realize that it isn’t so much the place but who I am meeting.

I remember trying to make the picture perfect refuge place that I could meet with God. Then I realized that He is just saying to me “Will you just sit down with me?” He doesn’t need the scented candles, the comfy chair, the soft blanket, the cup of coffee. I can find my refuge, my safe place in Him, my personal relationship with Him.

“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God is my rock, in whom I will take REFUGE, He is my shield and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold.” Psalm 18: 2