Psalm 61:3-4 for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings!
Psalm 62: 5-8 Let all that I am wait quietly for God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honour come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. (Nlt).
There are times when we get some news or something happens and we get knocked a bit sideways and think how did that happen? Those are the times when we need to stop what we're doing for a minute and get alone with God. Why? Because He is our fortress where we will not be shaken.
If you're feeling shaken this morning by anything at all, the Psalmist encourages us to pour out our hearts to God. Isn't it interesting he doesn't say to ring everybody else and see what they think!
You see the enemy will try to shake us off the Word of God by producing circumstances, or 'experiences' whether they are our own or someone else's, because he knows if he can get us off The Word we will be shaken and start to fall apart because Jesus is The Word. If you get off Jesus, you are off your rock, out of your place of shelter and safety and vulnerable to attack.
So whenever something comes to challenge God's Word we have a decision to make. What will I believe? Will I believe the way I feel, what I see, what I've just heard, or will I go to my God and declare He alone is my Rock, my place of safety. His Word is truth and whatever it says, is The Truth, and I trust Him. He is holding me steady and I will not be shaken.
Be encouraged today, whatever has happened to 'shake your faith' just know that God hasn't changed one bit and nothing that has happened has altered His promises or His Word to you His child. You are His treasured possession, His beloved son or daughter, and you are precious in His sight.
God is waiting with compassion and understanding for us to get alone with Him. He wants you in His sanctuary (His presence) where He knows you will be safe under His wings. Let's do it personally now.
Father God, I run to You today to be in Your presence, for You alone are my Rock, my place of safety. Forgive me Lord for listening to any fears and doubts of the enemy. I choose life today, I choose to trust You and Your Word. Thank You for providing me with the shelter of Your wings and I thankfully come under them again today. I am so grateful to You Lord. Amen.
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