Oh, it is good to be back writing. With my hubby, Kris, on sabbatical, we have been traveling more often and it is hard to keep up on posting. Then when my computer crashed…well, that made it all the more difficult. Thanks for you patience, those who have been reading and checking regularly. I will be posting 2-4 times per week now as we are heading home tomorrow and I have a computer to borrow!
Recently, Psalm 71:3 really gave me much encouragement:
“Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.”
I have always loved the idea of God being my rock, refuge, fortress! It helps me to know that I have a strong God on my side when I don’t feel so strong. When I read the word, habitation, I wondered exactly what that meant…so I looked up a cross reference to that word in Deuteronomy 33:27a:
“The eternal God is a dwelling place (rock), and underneath are the everlasting arms…”
To live in Jesus’ Name means to return again and again, day in and day out, every minute if we need to, to our dwelling place, Who is our fortress and refuge and He will be there with HIS EVERLASTING ARMS…such a sweet phrase. It makes me think of a Mother holding her baby tenderly yet strongly. God’s arms are indeed strong and tender and they will be there forever!
Why should I turn to God as my refuge…Ps. 73:28 gives me an answer:
“But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.”
Two reasons: 1) Because it is good to be near God, and 2) because then I will tell others of God and what He has done for me! Isn’t that what we are supposed to be doing? Sharing the Gospel with others?
When I, when you, are in trouble and need help…pray as the psalmist did: Be to me a rock of habitation and hold me in Your Everlasting Arms! Amen and Amen!
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