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The fear of God is a Refuge

When I have a godly fear, it keeps me from making mistakes. As humans, our nature tells us to run from the things we fear. Godly fear we can embrace.

Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of Refuge.

Our hope in Jesus is a Refuge

When we have a hope for the unseen things it will be a Refuge. We need to have a lively hope.

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for Refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

God is our Refuge.

When we know the indwelling of His Spirit, that will be a Refuge even in the dark days. We are so fortunate to know God as our Father. Just as we could trust our natural father, we can trust our Heavenly Father and the leading of His Spirit.

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy Refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

Psalm 46:1 God is our Refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a Refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Prayer is a place of Refuge.

If we come diligently to the place of prayer, it will become a place of Refuge.   

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Prayer was a place of Refuge for the saints when Peter was cast into prison.

Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.  

Philippians 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

The solid Rock is our Refuge

We can flee to that  Rock.  A rock is not gravel and it is not sand – it is solid and not easily moved. He can hide me in the cleft of the rock. 

Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my Refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. This next reference is a little out of context but so fitting.

Exodus 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

Psalm 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my Refuge, is in God.

Psalm 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my Refuge.

His Mercy & Grace are our Refuge

No matter how dark our past– His Mercy and Grace are given to us. We are so undeserving.

Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Psalm 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and Refuge in the day of my trouble.

Psalm 57:1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my Refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a Refuge for us. Selah. 1 Peter, chapter 5, v. 5 “Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that I may exalt you due time”.

The Will of God is our Refuge

When I know that I am doing the Will of God, I can trust in Him and where He leads me, I can trust.

Psalm 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my Refuge, even the most High, thy habitation. v.11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy way.

His Forgiveness is our Refuge

No matter how great the sin, if there is a repentant spirit, He will forgive us.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a Refuge for us. Selah.

The Quiet Place can be a Refuge

Wonderful when we can leave the business of life behind and learn to be quiet. Just to settle ourselves, without feeling that we have to be doing something. Then it becomes a time when God can speak.

Isaiah 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of Refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.  

Psalm 63:1 ¶ A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.

Psalm 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Psalm 63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.