Go to that High, Safe Place

"The LORD is a refuge for the persecuted, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 Those who know Your name, trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You."      

                                                                                           Psalm 9:9-10    CSB

Most castles we see today, are built high on a hill or rock and are very difficult to approach at the best of times. Imagine what it would have been like if you were under attack. David mentions here about God being a refuge. A look at this word describes a stronghold or a high, safe place. This adequately describes a place such as a castle, which is a refuge, stronghold or a fortified place. In a refuge, one would expect to receive protection and a source of help and comfort in times of trouble. A refuge could be described as a safe place and an area of survival. 

David described God as his refuge - his safe place. Persecution was rife with trouble all around for David and his followers. He was quick to mention that he needed the safety and help and also the strength and the reassurance that could only come from God.

In Old Testament times, those who knew the name of the LORD, were those who looked forward to God's promised redemption, just as we witnessed God's redemption through Jesus Christ in our own lives and the promised eternity. God was and is, our place of refuge - our high, safe place.

Rather like David, you will have times of persecution and be weighed down with troubles. Like David, was so secure in God that he could sing:

'I will praise You O LORD, with my whole heart, I will tell of all your marvellous works 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You, I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High'   Psalm 9:1-2

you can do the same; He is the same God who helped David over and over again.

David was a warrior, but he was also human like you are. He bled when he was wounded; hurt when he was abused and let God down as you do. But he had the ability through it all, to praise God. He knew the trigger for freedom and it was to worship and praise God whenever he could, especially in his troubled times.

Learn from him; go to that high, safe place.

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