God Is...

​​Trust in Him at all times, you people;
​​Pour out your heart before Him;
​​God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:8

A thunderstorm is booming on in this morning. Imagine for a moment that this storm was attacking us instead of doing its thing as thunderstorms do. The booming would be quite a bit more frightening if this big unstoppable thing was out to get us. We might run to God as a refuge from the storm. And David may have been inspired by something like this when he wrote Psalm 62.

David called upon 'you people', that would mean all of us I'm sure, to trust in God at all times. There are times when due to a sudden and sharp change in things for better or for worse that I don't remember to trust in God right away. It takes practice to remember prayer first over all the other things we might think of doing in a moment of stress, and prayer to our Lord is the way to find the strength to trust in Him.

"Pour out your heart before Him", the man wrote so long ago. The heart is the seat of our feelings, and whether it be anger, fear, joy, sorrow, peace, or love, we should pour it out before the Lord. Telling God what we feel gives Him the chance to help us with it. Emotion can be overwhelming, and who better to help us with those strong feelings than the Almighty?

Then we come to a portion of that answer we seek to "Who is God?". God is a refuge for us, right now when the thunderstorm is directly overhead, and from that strong feeling of animal fear that comes when the thunder breaks right on top of the house (at least it sounds like that!) Any storm, physical or emotional, is good reason to pour out some feelings to the Lord, for as David knew and teaches us now: God is a refuge for us.

Have a great day in Christ Jesus!
Bucky