“I will say of the LORD, “He is my REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD, in Him I will trust.” (Psa. 91:2)
The Hebrew word for “refuge,” machaceh, a shelter from storms and danger. This shelter is like the bunkers that many Jews have in their homes in Israel today to shelter them from small-scale attacks. In the figurative sense, when we say the Lord is our machaceh, we are also declaring that He is our place of hope. I pray that, “…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know WHAT IS THE HOPE OF HIS CALLING, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TOWARD US WHO BELIEVE, according to the working of His mighty power.” (Eph. 1:18-19)
THE LORD IS ALSO OUR FORTRESS. In Hebrew, the word used for “fortress” is matsuwd. a castle or stronghold, a place of defense and PROTECTION AGAINST LARGE–SCALE ATTACKS. Isn’t that a beautiful picture? Whatever we might be going through right now, we can declare that the Lord is our refuge and our fortress—our protection in both small as well as big attacks. “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with FANTASTIC NEW HOPE…” (1 Pet. 1:3) Jesus is the One who has brought order to all things. He is a master in saving and liberating; He overcame all darkness and death and was the first to proclaim that He was the light of the world! He is the prince of peace, the liberator, and ruler; the mediator between us and God. He came to earth and it is His lowly and humble coming that we gather to celebrate and think about during troubled days. “Jesus spoke saying, “I am the light of the world…”
HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE…(John 8:12)
-Bill Stockham