The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
We try running to all kinds of places, well I do anyway.
Work, food, money, approval of others, what's on your list?
Drugs, alcohol, pornography, exercise, Instagram...we have what seems unlimited places to run.
On a well worn path.
The writer of Proverbs doesn't tell us what he's running from, but it must be something that he sees is wrong or threatening, or hurtful.
His well worn path is to God.
He uses the picture of a fortified tower, a place of physical safety to represent the person he runs to
What's your picture?
The loving arms of a perfect parent?
The eyes of one who sees you, knows you, and loves you?
The scars that bear your name and your story?
We don't run to a place, but to a person.
A person who's arms are open, who's eyes are full of compassion and grace, and who's scars are our refuge.
To Him our well worn path should lead
#jesusatthecentre
#run
#safe
#breathe
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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