You don’t need to seek another refuge if you are already hiding in the Lord. - Day 16

“In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, ‘Flee as a bird to your mountain’?”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

An example I have used before, bears repeating here. I saw something very interesting on a documentary about the hunting habits of a particular falcon found in the desert areas of the United States of America. They have a hunting technique wherein the falcons will work together to flush out their prey. You see, small prey in the desert, have found that going underneath the large thorn bushes, will keep them safe. Now, falcons hunt by diving and quickly grabbing the prey; they cannot dive into a thorn bush. So, one falcon stands outside the thorn bush and acts menacing. In actuality, the falcon is incapable of catching the prey from the ground. However, thinking that it’s in danger, the small prey will panic and run out into the open where the other falcon (flying high above) swoops down and ends the hunt.

“Flushing out” prey is a ubiquitous hunting technique found in nearly all levels of the animal kingdom. What flushing out your prey involves—as seen in the case of the desert falcon—is doing something to cause the prey to leave the safety of their hiding place and running out into the open where they are easy pickings. Even people, finding themselves in dangerous situations, have made tragic moves by panicking and leaving the safety of their hiding place.

Satan well knows the flushing out technique. He uses it when trying to attack those who have put their trust in God through Jesus Christ. He knows that he is limited as to what he can do to the child of God. So what he does is to attempt to make the child of God panic and run out of the shelter of their trust in the Lord.

Sometimes, leaving your place of safety in the Lord is provoked by allowing circumstances to make you begin to walk in fear. Fear can cause panic and the letting down of our confident trust in the Lord, leaving us open to the attack of the enemy.

In our opening portion from Psalms today we see that David knew very well that his refuge was the Lord. He knew that if he was trusting in the Lord, he had no need to walk in fear of men.

“In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭56:11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As well, David knew that there would always be someone, or something, provoking you to abandon your trust in the Lord to go it on your own. That never ends well.

So, no matter what is going on, no matter what others are doing, let us know and understand what David knew:

You don’t need to seek another refuge if you are already hiding in the Lord.

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