Rescue and Deliverance

Twice, the refuge of God is described in terms of rescue, or deliverance:

“I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.” (Psalm 91:14–15 NLT)

When we think about God as our strong tower, I think we assume something fixed and immovable, like a castle or those round towers in the British Isles. But war is savage and traumatizing, and this passage takes place in the midst of war. Demonic assault, I believe, is even more terrible; it is dark and overpowering in sinister ways. Rescue and deliverance are very different experiences than the static safety of a great fortress.

Perhaps our understanding of God as refuge needs to mature to accommodate something very active and dynamic. What I want you to grasp for this moment is that the refuge of God is not a static thing. Not one and done. You live in a story, friends, not a painting. It is played out in the harsh realities of a dangerous world. And all of the Kingdom of God is involved in our rescue.

Maybe, if we learn to find refuge in the midst of this wild and dangerous world, we can discover for ourselves what the mystics have known to be utterly and reliably true.

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