God is a safe place to hide

God is a safe place to hide,
ready to help when we need him.
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,
courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
before the rush and roar of oceans,
the tremors that shift mountains.
Psalm 46:1-3 The Message

Do you believe that God is a safe place to hide? What does that mean? How do we do hide in God? Does it mean all our troubling circumstances disappear? 

Here are a few of my thoughts about what hiding in God is, and is not ....

It isn't denying your circumstances. It is declaring that God is greater than your circumstances.

What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] Romans 8:31 AMP

It isn't isolating yourself from God in anger and disappointment. It is going to God, telling Him how you feel, and asking Him to help you process those feelings in a healthy way.

Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls]. Matthew 11:28 AMP

It isn't looking at the circumstances and only seeing the negative aspects. It is asking God to help you see the things to be grateful for, and what He wants you to learn.

Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7 AMP

When we are hiding in God, look what we can do ....
 
We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom,
courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
before the rush and roar of oceans,
the tremors that shift mountains.

And why can we do that ? Because we have learnt how to completely trust Him in everything.

Question for today, do you know how to hide in God? If not, ask Him to show you how. But remember, it doesn't mean hiding from your circumstances. It does mean that together, you go through the circumstances, trusting God every moment of every day. A trust that builds day by day until we can stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom and courageous in the seastorm and earthquake. Because we know, that we know, that we know ....

Jacob-wrestling God fights for us.
GOD of angel armies protects us.
Psalm 46:3 The Message