A Shelter in the Time of Storm
( photo by Rondogs via Flickr)
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalm 27:5
The word 'pavilion' is also translated as 'shelter', hiding place; a temporary lodging. God is our Shelter in troubled times. A hiding place is where we run to. But first we have to find it. When evil seeks our demise, our souls flee to our God. But where is our God? Where is our refuge in troubled times? If we cannot see God's hand of provision and protection, where are we looking?
To what is our eye drawn? The vast expanse of our known universe is unstable. Whether we look to the stars to inform us of our tomorrows or fly to the stars in hopes of a better tomorrow, we are looking in the wrong direction and with the wrong eyes.
To find God we must first open our Holy Bible and read what God has to say to us.We cannot open our Bibles and expect answers to just pop out at us, either. When you open a box of cereal, do the corn flakes just pop out of the box and into your bowl? Probably not. (there's a visual for you) We need to study, dig into, God's Written Word. Think of it as our spiritual breakfast: seek Him first thing in the morning, before we are fully awake and leave our beds. Just as skipping meals can make one physically weak or inadequate to perform daily tasks, skipping God can make one spiritually weak.
His Word says "...seek and you will find/ask and you will receive/knock and the door is opened...". To see God clearly, we must seek God fervently. And immediately; before trouble comes not only knocking at our doors, but laying waste to what our hearts hold dear.
........tbc..........
To find God we must first open our Holy Bible and read what God has to say to us.We cannot open our Bibles and expect answers to just pop out at us, either. When you open a box of cereal, do the corn flakes just pop out of the box and into your bowl? Probably not. (there's a visual for you) We need to study, dig into, God's Written Word. Think of it as our spiritual breakfast: seek Him first thing in the morning, before we are fully awake and leave our beds. Just as skipping meals can make one physically weak or inadequate to perform daily tasks, skipping God can make one spiritually weak.
His Word says "...seek and you will find/ask and you will receive/knock and the door is opened...". To see God clearly, we must seek God fervently. And immediately; before trouble comes not only knocking at our doors, but laying waste to what our hearts hold dear.
........tbc..........
