"God is our refuge" A great many of the Psalms include declarations that God is a refuge, a protection, a place of safety. In life we all experience difficulties of some sort or another. This is normal! It is fantasy to imagine that we can be spared all difficulties. Instead we can be confident that God can help us in the midst of trouble. As David said in Psalm 34, the righteous man may suffer many troubles, but the Lord rescues him from them all.
So whatever happens we will not fear, for we are confident in our God.
"There is a river that makes glad the city". Although life contains troubles, we should also be full of joy. The Lord dwells within us, both as individuals and as the church, and the Holy Spirit makes us glad. Joy is part of our inheritance. Just as suffering is part of the package of following Christ, so is joy. We need to remember this. They go together, yet we consider them to be mutually exclusive. In the midst of trouble we can experience the joy of the Lord, and it can help us to overcome.
The Lord is the Almighty One, He alone is all powerful. So we are to be still before Him. We need to still our troubled hearts. When we are still before Him we can then hear His voice.
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