David says, "I have no refuge. No one cares for my life." There have been times in my life where I have felt like there are no places to refuge. That no one cares. Or nearly no one. But David answers correctly when he says, "I cry to you, O Lord. I say, you are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." And I point that out because we often think that God will reward us in the life to come, but God doesn't just reward us in the life to come. He can reward us, and he can protect us, even now. He can give us the grace and provision we need now to hold on to him. This is even when times are bad, even when times are horrible. God is our refuge. Not just in the life hereafter. He wants to be our refuge now. In the land of the living. And for those who are believers, he is. He is that refuge. He is the one we can lean on and trust.
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