Where do you find refuge? Where do you go when everything goes wrong? Who do you seek solace from when it seems you have nowhere to turn? Who do you go to for advice when your world comes crashing down? Who do you turn to for the day-to-day disappointments?
We all experience disappointments. Sometimes, it seems as though they come every day. At other times, things go well for a stretch of time. Sooner or later, we all experience a time when nothing is going right, it seems like our world is falling apart all around us.
We may have parents, other family members, or close friends we can turn to during those times of distress. We may have a favorite place we like to go to so we can think in quiet. It may be a peaceful place with a running stream or lake. It may be simply sitting on our back porch or deck. It may include listening to the crickets or frogs. Wherever and whomever we turn to, it is because of trust and reliance.
But there is someone else we can always turn to with a trust deeper than any other. We can turn to God and unleash our worries, concerns, fears, and failures. We can trust that he is always there for us. We can know that he understands. We can believe with our whole heart that he will take care of us.
God redeems us when we take refuge in him. He may not do it in the way we want or expect. He may not do it in the timeframe we want. But as long as we continue to go to him, trust him, and rely on him, he will redeem us. Isn’t it comforting to know that God is always there and will always redeem us? It should be. It is to me.
I pray we all take our troubles to God. I pray we trust that he is always there for us. I pray each one of us knows that God cares for us and will redeem us in his time and in his way. Cast your cares on God. Trust he is always there. Know that God understands. Know that God cares. He will redeem you.
Psalm 34:22
The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Marty Pressey 