BBD 08.18.14 In Only Seven Seconds (Classic)
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
Classic
from 2002
08.18.14
In Only
Seven Seconds
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord
is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Though an army may
encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me,
in this I will be confident. - Psalm 27:1-2 NKJV.
Four
Florida fishermen can testify to how rapidly circumstances can change. They
were 20 miles offshore and had caught six sharks when their boat suddenly sank.
It sank and disappeared completely from view in seven seconds. The men
were not wearing life jackets, and there was not any time to find them, and put
them on. They had all of the latest communications equipment including a GPS
locator, but none of that equipment, or the life jackets helped them a bit when
it was all on the ocean floor. The men did find a cell phone that one of the
men had placed in a plastic bag, and help finally arrived after they had
treaded water for about two hours in the shark infested waters. One of the fishermen said, talking about any
future fishing trips, “As God is my
witness, I will have my own life jacket on, and I will have a three-pack pack
of flares.”
Our
circumstances in life can change very rapidly. David had experienced this personally
as he very quickly went from being a national hero after he killed the giant
Goliath to being hunted like an animal by King Saul. At first, David and his
men thought that safety was to be found in the distance they could put between
themselves and the King. They had fled to the Philistine city of Gath, where
David found it necessary to pretend to be insane in order to escape. David had
hid in the cave of Adullam and had been to Moab to find a safe place for his
elderly parents. The prophet Gad brought word from the Lord that David should
return to Judah, and there they hid in the forest of Hereth.
David
and his men looked for safety in many different places; however, David finally
discovered that safety was not in a place, but in a person. David shouts this
revelation in Psalm 27, “The Lord is my light and my
salvation,” “The Lord is the strength of my life,” “Though an army may encamp against me,” “though war should rise against me” - even if those
things were to happen David realizes, “my heart shall
not fear.” Safety, David found was not to be in the distance he put
between himself and crazy King Saul. Safety, was to be found in the closeness
he had to the Lord.
Our
life can change in "seven seconds” and our safety will not be found
in all of the high tech gadgets we may have. The only real security we have for
this life is to be found in the Lord. David had discovered this very truth
through years of running, hiding and trauma. David says in Psalm 27:14, “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall
strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!”
May we
too be confident in the Lord, and wait on Him. Let us draw close to the Lord
and in that closeness we will find that the Lord has drawn close to us as well (James 4:8). The Lord is our safety, our security,
and our safe haven - so let us run to Him.
Copyright © 2002-2014. Ed
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