Place of safety
Twice in Psalm 18 in the New Living
Translation there is mention of a place of safety. That’s very much what
I’m searching for lately when I pray. Little by little things are falling
apart in my life and I find myself trying to seek God more. I’m finding
comfort in parts of Psalm 18. I keep coming back to verses 1-2.
Psalm 18:1-2
“I love you, Lord;
You are my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and
my savior.
My God is my rock in whom I find
protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves
me, and the place of my safety.”
In verse 19 it once again mentions that
place of safety. If anyone has ever gotten an email from me my signature
has that verse in it.
“He led me to a place of safety; he
rescued me because he delights in me.”
Early Sunday morning I had something
happen at work that caused me to pray a lot. As guards we have to do
something called fire watch where we check for smoke or anything burning that
may start a building on fire. I drove the golf cart to this building, and
I had been there multiple times that night. But this time around 3:50 am
I went to the back of the building, and I smelled cigarette smoke. Twice
I drove around and couldn’t find the source of it. When I went for a
walkthrough of the building, I turned my music off and gave everything my full
attention and started praying. The air felt completely wrong.
Something just felt evil! Spider-Man is referred to in the comics
as having the ability to sense danger. I felt that way for moments
because something was not right. I was praying for a place of safety.
God was bigger than whatever was happening in that building. I knew
if a fire broke out, I was not very prepared or trained for it. We need
to seek God in prayer because there is so much in life we can’t handle.
There have been places I have worked over the last few years that when I
went to work it felt like I was in the middle of spiritual warfare just being
there. If you find yourself there call on God.
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