God is Secure

I can remember standing at the bottom of a cave, looking down at a hole barely big enough for a person to fit through, and thinking to myself, “I’m supposed to crawl down into that?”

 

My friends and I had decided to go spelunking on a random property tucked away in Southern Indiana. Geared up with our headlamps, hard hats, kneepads, and a good dose of youthful courage, we were ready for our adventure. We trekked deep into this network of caves, crawling for a hundred feet on our hands and knees with rocks inches about our heads. Eventually, the rocks opened up and we came to a cavern. We sat there, regrouped, and then one by one, we turned off our headlamps. It was absolute darkness. We spent time praying and calling out to God in that cave. And that day, we experienced what it felt like to be hidden from the world.

 

When David prayed, “Hide me in the shadow of your wings,” he wasn’t repeating some pretty and poetic line he’d heard. He was desperately begging God to protect him and to keep him safe. He was facing danger on every side from enemies that wanted his life, so he needed to know that God could and would make him secure.

 

Most of us are blessed to not often feel the threat of imminent, physical danger. However, that should not hinder our need to find spiritual safety and security in God. 

The enemy is constantly on attack and his arrows are still coming at us. But thanks be to God that He is our cave, our refuge, and His wings shadow us so that we may feel safe as we are hidden in His presence.