God knows how to take care of His own.  He knows what we need, when we need it.

Part 2

Yesterday:
“For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress,”
God loves to help the “poor and needy.”

Today:

“A refuge from the storm,”
Jehovah is that safe place in the storm.  He is a retreat, a shelter, a place of protection from the storms of life.

“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.,” (Deuteronomy 33:27).

“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble,” (Psalm 9:9).

“The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah,” (Psalm 46:7).

“But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble,” (Psalm 59:16).

“A shadow from the heat,”
In Isaiah’s book, “heat” is representative of any kind of mishap or calamity.

“And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain,” (Isaiah 4:6).

“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land,” (Isaiah 32:2).

“When the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.”
NASB translates this phrase as, “For the breath of the ruthless Is like a [rain] storm [against] a wall.”  Even though the “terrible ones” [the ruthless] may come like a winter storm and blast against the wall, and even destroy it,  God is still our refuge and protection!  No one, or nothing can harm us as we rest in Him.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast;
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.1

1.  “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” words by Fanny J. Crosby, 1868.  Music by William H. Doane, 1868.  Copyright Status, Public Domain.