Righteous Refuge
“In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.” Psalms 11:1, 7 NKJV Like the ‘Little House on the Prairie ’ by the Ingalls family of the late 19th century, there are pockets of refuge around the world for those who intend to escape the bustling of distraction. But when the challenges of life invited the Psalmist to take the offer of an escape to his mountain, he realized the unattractive corruption in the best of this world’s places of refuge. The refuge of the world may offer temporary pleasure, wealth, and position of authority, even while faith in the Lord appears to be full of delays, disappointments, and discouragement. However, in the long run, the Psalmist was able to discover for himself that trust in God is the surest refuge from the worst of this world’s wickedness and unrighteousness. Faith in God does not need a voyage into s...