GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR SALVATION

GOD IS MY REFUGE AND MY SALVATION




Did you ever look
At life styles
From the past
And wonder
HOW people survived


The old WEST
For instance
Or years and years ago
WHEN the wild animals
Roamed the earth


Life was indeed dangerous


“Keep me-O God-for in you
I take REFUGE” Psalm 16:1


But then I stop and think
That the world is NO LESS
Dangerous today


I become disheartened
About where the world
Is heading today


The lying-the deceit-
The violence of people
In today's world


The lack of integrity
The lack of honesty
In today's world
(And I could go on and on)


“TASTE and see
That the Lord
Is good


BLESSED is the one
Who takes REFUGE in him” Psalm 34:8


“EVERY WORD of God
Is flawless


He is a shield
To those
Who take refuge in him” Proverbs 30:5


God is
MY REFUGE AND MY SALVATION


WHO do you run to
In times of trouble
In this world


For me IT'S GOD
And then my FAMILY


We live
In a world
WHERE morality-charitable acts-
And faith and ethical behavior
Seem to be in SHORT SUPPLY


We live
In a world
WHERE terrorists-villainous characters-
Greed-and dishonesty
MAKE all the headlines


BUT we live
In a world
WHERE we have God


We live in a world
Where we have each other


And we live
In a world
Where we still have
THE BIBLE


And because of
ALL of this
We still have HOPE


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away


But my words
WILL NEVER PASS AWAY” Matthew 24:35


And these stories
From Scripture
LIFT ME UP
And give me HOPE


Noah found REFUGE
Because of his faith


Job PERSEVERED IN FAITH
UNTIL his health and livelihood
Were restored


Their SALVATION
Was in the Lord
The SAME
As yours and mine are


Salvation means to be SAVED
Or protected from harm
Or being saved
From a dire situation


Who-BUT GOD-can do this
For us
God and his Son Jesus Christ


“And ALL PEOPLE
Will see GOD'S SALVATION” Luke 3:6
(As written in the book of Isaiah)


Simple but TRUE


GOD IS MY REFUGE-
AND MY SALVATION


Robert P. Wallman
9-11-15




Ps INSPIRED by an article in Living Faith Magazine by Deborah Meister