MY GOD IN WHOM I TRUST
Psalm 91
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
In 1 Samuel 13, David was described as “a man after my own heart” by God. In Exodus 33 we are told that “The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.” Both of them enjoyed a close fellowship with God but their life experiences were very different.
All Moses wanted (in a manner of speaking) was to wake up each morning with a deep sense of the unfailing love of God, to sing for joy and to be glad all his days. David stood on the unfailing love of God and trusted him to always come through for him.
Both of them had a deep relationship with God but both their experiences were very different. Both of them drew close to God but their circumstances were very different.
It would be wrong to read Psalm 91 and expect the same outcome as David experienced when he called on God. Moses had a much tougher time. And our Lord ended up on the cross. Yet we would not say that God was not true to any of them.
What we should take from this Psalm is that we should draw close to God and trust him and know that God will not betray that trust. He is our refuge and our fortress. When we do so we will then rest in the shadow of the Almighty. God hears our call and God will respond to our call. God will bless our efforts. God will protect us. God will honour us. God will satisfy us. And at the end of the day we will stand before him.
However, how our life experience will take shape will depend on our circumstances, the task that God has placed on us, and the work he wants to do in us. God does not have a “one size fit all” response to us. But all who draw near to God will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”