PSALM 46 PRESENT TROUBLE...PRESENT HELP (Holy Ghost Power)

Greetings...

"God is our REFUGE and STRENGTH. A VERY PRESENT HELP in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)

I don't know if you have ever been in trouble...but you feel uncoverd, weak, and no help to be found.

TROUBLE: tsarah (tsaw-raw)= (1) tightness (2) adversary (3) adversity (4) affliction
(5) anguish (6) distress (7) tribulation (8) trouble

When you are in TROUBLE...the way that you can take refuge and renew your strength...

"Be STILL and KNOW that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" (Psalm 46:10)

When you are in TROUBLE...there is a RIVER. For the believer...there is a river. As the song says..."There is a river...that flows from deep within...there is a fountain that frees the soul from sin...come to the waters...there is a vast supply...there is a river...that never shall run dry." (There Is A River)

"On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who beleives in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. But this He spoke concerning THE SPIRIT, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the HOLY SPIRIT was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." (John 7:37-39)

Well....Jesus IS glorified NOW...and is available for witnessing power.

"But you shall receive POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
(Acts 1:8)

When you are IN TROUBLE...let the HOLY SPIRIT...IN YOU...be your refuge, strength, and help.

rlb

PSALM 11:1 Run or Refuge

Greetings O Ye Trusters In The Lord...

"In the Lord I take refuge...how can you say to my soul...flee as a bird to your mountain."

Have you ever been standing in faith...trusting God as the enemy is approaching...and you press into the Lord as your refuge...but those around you are encouraging you to flee from your refuge to another...seemingly more secure position? You will either R..or..R...(1) refuge or
(2) run/flee.

I love the question that David gives..."How can you say...?" Of course...on the surface...it appears that the advice to run might be a prudent idea...considering the circumstance.

(1) The wicked bend their bow
(2) They make ready their arrow upon the string
(3) To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart
(4) If the foundations are destroyed...what can the righteous do?

Hmmmm...it appears to flee...run might be the best way to avoid the fight. But David had a "REFUGE MINDSET". Psalm 11:4-7 is "the way of faith"...NOT "the way of fear." As we have seen with other Psalms of Lament...David covers all bases...stating the problem...stating the solution. "For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness...the upright will behold His face." (Psalm 11:7).

It is hard to behold His face when you are running from His refuge into another safe location.

Oh to be sure...running is not always the wrong thing to do...but make sure your running is to the "mountain of the Lord" and not the "mountian of your fears" and your running partner is the Lord.

Love and Refuge Kisses
Rodney "Trusting The Lord" Boyd