Refuge!

Nahum 1: 7

⁷ The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

There’s a hymn in our hymnal at church, that I can’t ever remember singing.

Hymn #466 is entitled...”Jesus, Lover of My Soul”.

It was written by one of the great preachers of his time, Charles Wesley.

Charles wrote this hymn as a result of a real life, troubling experience.

In the year 1740, Wesley was attacked severely for a message he preached. (I can sort of relate)

He went to a nearby farmhouse, where the farmer’s wife hid him in a milk house, until he haters passed him by.

Wesley’s specific prayer was... “Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly...”

In this moment, he knew that he could trust Jesus...yes...even with his very life on the line.

I can’t speak for you, but in the business of life I surely can be moderate to severely distracted.

Jesus is the lover of our souls, and He so longs for some quiet time with us. When’s the last time you soaked in some quiet time with the Lord?

Maybe we need to go into hiding in a milk house, to experience the depth of His love for us?

Maybe if we went into hiding with the Lord during troubling times, a hymn would be birthed out of us?

No matter what’s going on in your life this morning, you can hide in Him.

The questions remain though...”Will you hide in Him?” Or will you on the other hand, try to find solace in your own strength?