The Eternal God is Your Refuge

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 33:27 "The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you.  He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, 'Destroy them!'"

Observation:

Moses was close to the end of his life and he was speaking blessings on the tribes of Israel.  At the end off blessing each tribe, he tells them that there is no one like the God of Israel.  He lets them know that God is their refuge and that He would protect them and drive their enemies out before them.  Moses had such a relationship with God that he fully and completely trusted that God could and would do anything for His people.

Application:

We are the people of God today.  God is the same yesterday, today and forever!  He does not change.  He still wants to be our place of refuge.  A refuge is a safe place.  He wants to be a safe place we can go to when life seems to be getting too hard.  Beyond being a refuge, this verse tells us that He will hold us up with His everlasting arms.  His arms are large enough to hold us up when we feel like we are falling.  He not only wants to be a safe place, one who holds us up, but also one who defeats our enemies and drives them out.  May we learn to grasp these things and put them into our lives.

Prayer:

Father God, You truly are a good God!  Be my eternal refuge and help me trust that you will never let me fall anywhere except into Your loving and everlasting arms.  Help me get the fact that you are the fighter of all my battles and that You never lose.

Yours Forever,
Jeff