Reflect on the following:

Australia is a very safe country to live in. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace 2024 report Australia ranks as the 19th safest country in the world. In such an economically, politically and environmentally stable country it’s normal to feel safe.

Then there are events global or personal that rock our sense of safety. Covid 19 threatened not only our health but our sense of normalcy and control. The impact of current American politics ripples through the world economy including the cost of our groceries. Bushfires and floods sweep away homes and lives.

On a more personal level, unexpected sickness, unemployment, separation, or death of a loved one can ambush us, leaving us to feel we have no solid ground to stand on.

Even living in a country as safe as Australia, most of us will experience times of desperate fear or hopelessness. A sense that our world’s falling apart and we have nowhere to run to. So, it seems, felt the author of Psalm 91. With the exception that, during times of desperation and danger there is one place to run to, one place to find safety and refuge - God the LORD Almighty.

“I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2

Everything in the world can break or disappoint or perish, but God is not of this world. When you feel you have nowhere else to run to, God is the safe, unshakable fortress and refuge you need. Everything else may fail and fall but He will not.

Run to Him today and know the safety of the loving powerful God.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Whether I feel safe and secure or desperate and hopeless may I find my refuge and safety in you. May I trust you alone as my safe place and my protection. In Jesus’ name, Amen.