God is the Place to Go for Safety - Psalms 9-11

Psalms 9:9 (ESV Strong's)
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.

God is the Place to Go for Safety

We might not fully appreciate the above verse in the context of our lives, today.   When David penned those words, he was probably on the run from King Saul, who wanted to kill him.   The word for “stronghold’ is a word that would indicate a “high cave.”   Probably the closest we can get to imagine what David was seeing when he wrote this is the visuals we get of our soldiers in the Mountains of Afghanistan.    We often see screen shoots of such places and the numerous caves available for hiding and for safety and for shelter.    Today we might run to our homes for safety.  Maybe a little child crawling under the covers when they hear a strange norm.  Or, better, running to their parents room for safety.    That is who God should be to believers.   He should be the Father we run to for safety and shelter.    When we are oppressed and hurting, we need to remember we have that place to go.  We often run to friends, our jobs, our counselors, our finances, our hobbies, our physical fitness activity.    When people are ask, “How do you handle stress,” very few will say, “I run to the stronghold of God!”   Yet, that is what the above verse tells us to do.   God is our stronghold in times of trouble.    When we are with Him He will not allow anything to happen to us that He does not have under control.  And, if it is happening to us, it is completely in His control so we have no reason to fear it.