Where do you take refuge when everything around you seems to be going to pot? Take a lesson from King David as he turns to the only sure place of refuge in Psalm 57:1.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
till the storms of destruction pass by.
If we want to take refuge in God, the first thing we need to do is ask Him to be merciful to us. Really! Look at ourselves in contrast to the holiness and perfection of God. There isn’t a single day that we don’t need mercy because of our rebellion against him.
The next thing we need to do is to really want to take refuge in God instead of the false assurances of the things of this world. This is a soul or spiritual desire to be with God. If we are afraid of God, we won’t have this desire. Frankly, that desire to be with Him comes only from God and it starts when we are born again.
That desire isn’t just because we want to escape the trials of this life. It is something that we desire even when we are experiencing good times.
We can only take refuge in God when we trust Him with everything in our being. We must first trust Him for our eternal salvation through Jesus Christ and Him alone. Then we can trust that He has our life here on earth in His hands and that He is working everything in our lives for our eventual good.
Then it doesn’t matter if the storms of destruction are passing by because we know Him and really take refuge in Him. To be born again and trust Jesus, Watch my video on the Gospel on YouTube or read on this Gospel link.
