"The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble." (Psalm 9:9)
The Hebrew word translated, "refuge," in our text, means, "a cliff, or other lofty or inaccessible place." If you are in Jesus Christ today, you are inaccessible to the Enemy of mankind! Notice that David used the future tense, "The LORD also will be." Perhaps David put our text in the future tense because he knew that the need for refuge will never cease in this present age. He was saying, in affect, that no matter how bad things may be, they don't preclude them getting worse. Do you think David could have conceived a Germany, 1933-1945?!?
These are difficult and trying times, not just for Americans, but citizens of the world, people loosing their jobs, retirement accounts dwindling, huge corporations, even nations, facing bankruptcy. The American Government is arrogantly claiming that by throwing trillions of dollars at the problem, they can make it go away. The God-Breathing Word, however, has warned humanity through the ages of the futility of seeking "refuge" in silver and gold. Zephaniah warned the people of his day, "Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath." Ezekiel prophesied, "....Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they shall not satisfy their animal cravings nor fill their stomachs with them, for [wealth] has been the stumbling block of their iniquity." (Amplified)
While the current "crisis" is not the worst humanity has ever faced, a crisis always seems to be the worst when you are in the middle of it. David's life was full of crises and tragedy, yet he always found refuge in his Shepherd, Jesus. While our text was composed by David 3000 years ago, it has carried the People of the Blessed Trinity through the storms and crises of the ages. People in every generation whose Refuge is Jesus Christ--- Our Lofty Place Who is "inaccessible" to Satan and his schemes--- have found the Word of God Himself is True. He told John, "....Write, for these words are true and faithful." Pray that I may continue to do the same.
Father, in Jesus' Name, You are not only "a refuge in the time of storm." You are my Eternal Refuge. Amen.
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