“People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.” Ecclesiastes 9:12
6.When everything falls apart remember God is your refuge.
In this weary land, in times of storms, when your world falls apart, remember God is your refuge, the rock that you can run to. Listen every man stands in need of a refuge. No one is exempt. To some the refuge is health, but health fails them. To others it is wealth, and again wealth fails them. God does not fail you. He is your true refuge.
I encourage you to hide in Him. Psalm 46: 1 says “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” When your world falls apart and life lays its burdens on you, then you can know that you have a place to run to. It is not your friend, not your health, not your money. God is your refuge and strength. So hide in Him.
What form your trouble takes, or how it is delivered, or how long it stays, is of no significance, for God alone is your reachable, secure place of refuge and haven. You can hide there and be rest assured that nothing can get through to you unless it goes through Him first. Zachariah 2: 8” For the LORD who rules over all says ….for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.”
There is no other refuge that can give you strength, provision and protection. Economies fail, friends fail, family fails, love fails but God never fails to be your refuge. . It is not the age, appearance, condition or health of our bodies which provides us help. Psalm 57:1— oh God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. Hide in HIM.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock (Psalm 27:5). Again in this Psalm: “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:5-8).
God is your refuge…… He is your refuge in the storm of stress, He is your refuge in the storm of sorrow and He is your refuge in the storm of loneliness. When your world falls apart remember God is the only refuge that protects you.
