Shelter

It was one of those days when you didn’t really want to be outside working. I was working at our church cleaning most all of the doors and windows.

After I worked about 15 minutes or so, I heard some rumbling in the distance. As I always do, I hoped that what I heard was only someone taking out their trash can, but I really knew better. It was thunder-and I had to clean the outside of the windows on the doors as well. There was really no option—I had a job and I needed to clean the windows. More rumbling. Then the rain started coming down—lighter at first, then a downpour. I was very glad for the good-sized overhang that the church has all the way around the building. That way, while I cleaned the windows, I could stay safe, dry, and sound while the storm raged on.

When I reflected on my experience later, I thought it was quite remarkable how closely it resembled our spiritual life. We live in a storm, that’s no doubt. But we have a Shelter—and his name is Jesus. While the storm rages on, we can stay safe, dry, and sound in our Shelter.

“For He will conceal me in His shelter in the day of adversity” ~Psalms 27:5

“I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm.” ~Psalms 55:8

“For You have been…a refuge from the rain” ~Isaiah 25:4