Make the Lord my Refuge

Make the Lord my Refuge

S - Psalm 52 NASB

1 ¶ For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

3 You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. fnSelah.

4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

6 The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying,

7 "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."

8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

O- The psalm for David,  appears very applicable to the story of Gideon in the book of Judges.    Gideon was brought in to restore righteousness to the people but first to judge what they were doing that was evil.   He was criticized for destroying the false god altar of Baal, and proven righteous.   He accepted the call to fight to protect the Israelites and was given victory by God.  It was proven to be delivered from God because He have Gideon 300 carefully selected individuals to defeat an entire Midianite Army (Judges 7). 

A -  The application for me is to learn and know what Gideon knew.  That the man who makes God his refuge is like a green healthy olive tree in the house of God, which thrives and forever protected and fruitful.   I must have the same heart and mind of David and Gideon, who sought refuge in God,  sought guidance from God, and moved only when they were sure it was God’s will (see Gideon and the dew mats - Judges 6).

P - Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for the lessons you have taught me today, may it be sealed to my heart and mind.  I pray Lord that you would be my refuge in all things but in particular in my situation at work.  Lord I will wait on you, even when it appears I am surrounded by people who not for me and your will.