Tower of Refuge on the Isle of Man!
I was reading Psalm 16 today and was encouraged by it's words. I have included the verses here so you can read it.
1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing." 3 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. 5 Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. 11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Verse 2 really jumped out at me..."apart from You I have no good thing." How true that is. Everything that we have in our life that is good comes from the Lord. We like to think that we have gotten where we are on our own, but it is just not true.
I was reading Psalm 16 today and was encouraged by it's words. I have included the verses here so you can read it.1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing." 3 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. 5 Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. 11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Verse 5 also hit me..."you have made my lot secure." There is no place that we can be more secure than in God's will.
He is truly a refuge for us and in Him we cannot be shaken.
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Like the new look! Hope you have had a good Labor Day! See you soon.
The poet, William Wordsworth wrote: "Blest work it is of love and innocence, A Tower of Refuge built for the else forlorn, Spare it ye waves, and lift the mariner struggling for life, into its saving arms." Jesus is our Tower of Refuge. Great passage Ann!
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