“God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,
courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
Before the rush and roar of oceans,
the tremors that shift mountains.
Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us” (Psalm 46:1-3).

I think more than ever people need a safe place in this increasingly chaotic world. We need a place that’s stable and secure, unthreatened by the ever-changing whims and fancies of culture. More and more, those who name Jesus as Lord will need a safe place because they will be less and less safe in the world growing in hate for Jesus and all He stands for.

Sometimes, we need a safe place when our personal world is collapsing and pain seems ever present. We need a place to go when what we’re facing seems overwhelming and what we have to face it is very much underwhelming or non-existent.

But God is a guaranteed shelter in the storm, a haven in the midst of the hectic, a fortress for the battered and beaten-down. Abba Father’s lap is a good place for the weary and grieving child to crawl into on those long nights when the hurt doesn’t stop.

May we in turn be a safe place for those who are lost to find hope in despair, to find light in darkness, and to find Jesus as the answer to all their questions and the healing for all their wounds.