Psalms 16:1-2 (ESV Strong's)
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
God IS Our Refuge
Anyone ever caught in a storm knows the the value of a “refuge.” When the storm is battering down on you, it is reassuring to know you are not in the storm but protected from it. This is the truth of the above line of David’s “miktam.” A Hebrew “miktam” is a poem, probably set to music. David is composing for us his truths about having God as a “refuge.” David does not just have “a” refuge. David has the “Lord” as his refuge. That is the difference between the believer and the world around us. The world around us has wealth as a shelter. The world has family as a shelter. The world has religion as a shelter. Believers have a Person (the Person of Christ) as a shelter. That is the peace we see expressed in David’s poem. David knows that all other shelters are temporary. He says of God, his shelter, “I have no good apart from you.” That is refreshing and that is something that can cause us to be at ease in the midst of the storm. That is something we ONLY attain to through the eyes of faith. Money you can count ... but it can vanish in a heart beat. Family you can see ... but they can desert you in a heart beat. Religion can sooth, but it has not long lasting impacts spiritually. Only the Person of Christ can be the answer to, “I have no good apart from you.” We lean into that truth in faith.
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