GOD MY REFUGE
Take a few moments and meditate on the following verses that show God as our refuge. As you read them, notice
HOW God is our refuge
WHEN God is our refuge
WHY we can trust God to be our refuge
WHAT kind of refuge God is
WHERE God is our refuge
WHO will God be a refuge to
Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Psalms 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble
Psalms 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalms 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalms 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
God is a refuge for us. Whatever he may be to others, his own people have a peculiar heritage in him; for us he is undoubtedly a refuge: here then is the best of reasons for resorting to him whenever sorrows weigh upon our bosoms. Prayer is peculiarly the duty of those to whom the Lord has specially revealed himself as their defence. (The Treasury of David)
What encouragement he gives us to take this good counsel: God is a refuge for us, not only my refuge (# Ps 62:7), but a refuge for us all, even as many as will flee to him and take shelter in him.
(Matthew Henry Commentary)God [is] a refuge for us; to whom the saints may have recourse in all their times of trouble, and where they find safety and plenty, # Isa 33:16. (John Gill)