Our Refuge of Joy

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Take refuge from the busyness and drink in His joy to give you strength.

            Have you noticed how often the word “refuge” is used in the Bible…..especially in the book of Psalms?  Repeatedly, we read phrases such as:

• “The Lord is my refuge and strength…”

• …”under his wings you will find refuge…”

• “I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’”

“They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,”

I’m pretty certain that when a word is used often in the Bible, that means something significant. 

What does refuge mean? One dictionary says: Refuge means shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger.

So….if GOD is our refuge that must mean that He will protect us from harm! This is how theologian Matthew Henry explained in his commentary:

“Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befall, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the meantime, be with him in trouble.” 

                Take refuge in God and find joy in His constant protection.