To seek refuge gives the thought that God is our abode, our home.
Home that we feel safe: we shut the world out and dwell in quiet security. So when we are with our God we "fear no evil." He is our shelter and retreat, our abiding refuge.
Home that we take our rest; it is there we find repose after the fatigue and toil of the day. We find rest in God, when, wearied with life's conflict, we turn to him, and our soul dwells at ease.
Home that we let our hearts loose; we are not afraid of being misunderstood, nor of our words being misconstrued. So when we are with God we can communicate freely with Him, laying open all our hidden desires; for if the "secret of the Lord is with them that fear him," the secrets of them that fear him ought to be, and must be, with their Lord.
Home, too, is the place of our truest and purest happiness: and it is in God that our hearts find their deepest delight. We have joy in Him which far surpasses all other joy.
Home is also where we work and labour. The thought of it gives strength to bear the daily burden, and quickens the fingers to perform the task; and in this sense we may also say that God is our home.
Happy are those who have God for their refuge!
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge.
(0176) 10 June 2007