Unsafe, uncertain, confused, angry, disheartened… these may be a few of the many words that describe how many of my fellow Americans, myself included, are feeling these days. These feelings towards the reality of life as we know it today, does a great job at dominating our minds, leaving us exhausted, only to flood our thoughts with questions like: What do we do? Where do we go? What is the truth? Is there even a solution?
The ‘fight or flight’ feelings definitely come in to play during times like these, and chances are, you’ve experienced both! And I believe the appropriate response during these uncertain times is to do both! We should fight and take flight.
As God has drawn a believer’s heart unto Himself, our fighting has to be done on our knees and when we are afraid, we should run! We should take flight and run fast to our God who never fails and is always our defender!
Psalms 91: 1, 2 says, “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
Just last night, my 9 year old son was explaining to me that when you see LORD in all capital letters that it means covenant (promise) keeper! So as we read verse 2, we are saying, “I will say of my covenant/promise keeper, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust!”
In a time of wondering what is true and who can we trust, we can run to our LORD, our covenant keeper, and know that He is our reliable source of truth. When fear seeks to take over and we long for a place of safety, we can know that our Covenant Keeper is our fortress… our permanent, unmovable wall of defense for those who run to Him and stay there!
When the feeling to fight comes, may we find ourselves falling to our knees with great cries to our defender, who always fights on our behalf; and as we seek to take flight, may we run to our LORD, our covenant keeper, and know that He will always be our constant shield of defense!
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3
Highlighting the hope that we have in Christ! 
Great encouragement!
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