# 22. 2017 Dev. Ps.11:1. Our Refuge! Read all of Ps.11. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God by memorizing selected passages of Scripture. Further, to view the passage in context and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living with family, friends and others. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 11:1
“In the Lord I take refuge”.
David here, after this proclamations (v1), asks rhetorical questions. How is it you tell me to flee, should I pay attention to the wicked and when it looks like the foundations are giving way, what can we do?
Given the situation in the world verses 1-3 could have been written today! The foundation is destroyed in places of the world. An example from graffiti written on a destroyed church in Mosul, Iraq: “You love life, we love death, we come to drink your blood” (Decision Mag). Never the less Christians take refuge in God but there are no guarantees on our physical life, only on our eternal life. Praise Him!
In the next section (v.4-6) we are reminded that God is on the throne, He observes everyone, “his eyes examines them”. We are also reminded that God judges the righteous who love what is good and the wicked, “those who love violence”. God “hates them with a passion, fiery coals and burning sulfur” awaits them!
If we think this section (v 4-6) does not apply today we would be wrong. We all know wickedness but let us not look too far beyond ourselves or our own country. Wickedness is close to home and in places far away, but there is no paradise awaiting the wicked.
We take refuge in God: “for the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face” Only by the power of the Holy Spirit are we able to follow Jesus and strive to be like him! Praise be to God!
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