"The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to it and are safe." Proverbs 18:10
Never before has this verse had such literal meaning to me as it has in the past week. As Hurricane Ike raised it's fierce winds & storms around our city Friday night, I can guarantee you that EVERYONE wanted to be in a "strong tower." Noone wants to be left out in the rage of a storm without a safe place to run to. I love those words "are safe" in this verse, which literally means to be "set on high," to be "out of danger." I think the officials spoke it so bluntly & clearly last Friday morning as they gave warning to those along the west end of the Galveston island, "Get out now, or you will face certain death."
Who are we to think we can do this "life" thing on our own? I don't know about you, but there have been SO many times in life that I've just been at the end of myself, I just know without a doubt that I need Someone stronger than me to take the blunt force of the storms of this life. Without a strong tower of refuge...without a safe place to run to when we face the powerful blows that can leave us reeling, wondering what has happened, we can be rendered absolutely POWERLESS.
And powerless, we have been. Of course, this week, we've seen the actual effects that a "lack of literal power" can have on an entire huge city! We have been stopped in our tracks, slowed to a halt, the 4th largest city of our nation has STOPPED for a brief time as we were rendered powerless. It will take days, months, maybe longer, if ever, to get back to the place we once were!
I can't help but correlate that to our personal lives...have you ever felt "powerless?" Maybe your lack of power hasn't come from a hurricane, maybe it's come from something called cancer, or chronic illness, or addiction that has rendered you powerless to fight back. Maybe it's come from divorce or broken relationships, from an untimely death of someone you loved dearly, from near financial ruin or incredible financial pressures. Wherever it is that you have felt powerless in life, please know that there is ONE WHO IS ALL POWERFUL! He is our Strong Tower, we CAN run to Him & be SAFE. Don't try to do this life thing without Him, don't keep getting blown down by the storms & winds, run to the ONE who will take the blows for you, sheltering you in His care. It certainly doesn't mean that we won't face the storms...we will...if you've lived long enough, you already have, but what it does mean is that we don't have to do it on our own. We can have a sustaining strength, and amazingly, even joy, in the midst of some of the fiercest of storms that may come our way.
Thinking of you today, be blessed! Love you all & are so thankful for your prayers!
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