Psalm 71

From a friend at The Worship Renewal Center

In times of trouble we need a hiding place, a safe place where the noise of the strife may enter but not the battle itself. To the ancient poet, this was a tower, a fortress, high and impregnable and made of solid stone. Jesus is such a one for us. No one is higher, no one stronger, no one with such a tender heart within such stone-strong walls. How do we find and enter the refuge?
Read His story.
Contemplate His glory.
Pray His prayer.
The drawbridge of grace will open for us and close behind us.
The enemy will rage, but we are out of his reach.

Psalm 71.1-12 -- In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of evil and cruel men. For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you. I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long. Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together. They say, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him." Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me.