
Where, and in whom, or in what, do I dare put my confidence? And, I ask, how do I even think of daring to put trust in another body with skin? If I do, do I need to guard against the possibility of something rising up which could break a mutual trust, thus giving rise to a misunderstanding?
Instead, let’s go into His pavilion …
“For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.”
(Psalm 27:5)
Or run into his strong tower …
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”
(Proverbs 18:10)
“For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.”
(Psalms 61:3)
After we get there …
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”
(Psalms 121:1)
We then safely dwell and abide …
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty …”
(Psalms 91:1-16)
If the enemy still tries to come in …
“… like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”
(Isaiah 59:19)
So I conclude that the only safe place is in His word, and He leads us there, becoming our refuge. And it’s there I find the facts of who He is to all who will.
There I find the revealed treasure of Him and His desire to live in me, to fill me with His wisdom, His joy, His understanding, His care, His guidance, His confidentiality, Himself.