We are told in Psalms that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (46:1). How comforting are those words to all who seek God's loving, constant help for the solution to their problems!
How inspiring is the thought that "God is our refuge"! The Bible refers in several places to God as a refuge; and a dictionary defines "refuge" as "that which, or one who, shelters or protects from danger, distress, calamity." How greatly the world today needs to know that God shelters and protects and that the only safe place is beneath His wing! To this sanctuary or retreat, we can flee from the aggressive suggestions or false claims of evil, manifested in human experience as violence, disaster, discord, and disease.
True refuge is never a geographical location or a material habitation, but, as Christian Science reveals, is mental and spiritual, the consciousness of divine Love's ever-presence. A function of God as Love is to protect, defend, and lovingly care for His creation. And this He does throughout eternity.
