Safe Room

Safe Room

Bible: Proverbs 18:9-12

Reading

The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and
are safe (V.10).

In some homes (normally posh homes), owners have safe rooms—special places where they can hide if someone breaks into the house. In Proverbs 18:10, Solomon reminded God’s people that God is their ‘safe room’ and that they could find total security in Him. In verses 10 and 11, he described two different places people run when they’re in trouble: God or “wealth”. God is described as a “fortified tower”. As a captured city might hide its people in a fortified tower, so too could the “righteous” run to God and find complete safety, no matter what.

On the other hand, many people think what they have or what they own keeps them safe. Solomon tried to tell his readers that money and stuff might make us feel in control, but we know we’re not really. The only place we’re really safe, even when the worst is happening, is with God Himself. He alone is in control.

What is your ‘safe room’? Is it the things you own? Your social media profiles? A person? All of these things can let us down—but God never will.

GOD IS OUR SAFE ROOM

                                      Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries