Have you ever had one of those days when all you want to do is crawl back under the covers and pretend the world outside doesn't exist? Or that you wish you could simply fly away? To a warmer climate, maybe. To a place where nothing is expected, and you can just be you.
David reminds us that, when the armies rage around us; when no matter how hard we try, the world seems to batter down our doors; we can find our escape and our refuge in God.
Psalm 13
1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Even David found he had trouble trusting God. When things were at their worst, and it looked as though he may not even make it out alive, he could not help but despair. For a second. But then, he remembered the character of God. He remembered we have a God who will do what He says He will do, and who will never leave the side of those who love Him. The world may have its way for a time, but in the end it is God who will have the last word.
He is our provider, but He is also our comforter, our refuge, and our escape.
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