The Lord is my Refuge

 What does it mean "The Lord is my Refuge"?

In my meditation today I was reflecting on the verse "In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge." taken from Psalm 90:1. It is sometimes translated to "Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.". Is refuge a place I can escape to when we are under attack? Or is it a feeling of being secured and protected? Or is it a friendship with the Almighty God?

The rest of Psalm 90 can be summarized like this:

• God is an everlasting God (v.2)
• He is unchanging, not limited by time (v.4)
• Men's life on earth is brief (vs.3, 5-6, 10)
• God's wrath and our iniquities and sins under His judgement (vs.7-9,11)
• Our plea for God's mercy (vs. 12-15)
• May God's will be done in us (vs. 16-17)

"Let your work be manifest to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and prosper for us the work of our hands—
    O prosper the work of our hands!"

Maybe the last two verses speak clearly to me what a Refuge is?

In my daily prayers I recite Psalm 61:1-4. This is my prayer: "Lead me to the rock that is higher than I;
for you are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy."

Psalm 121: "I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth."

and who is this Lord? In Exodus 14:14 which I pray at 14:14 hour (my watch is set an alarm to remind me): "The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still." He is this Lord to whom I place my confidence!

At 3pm every day I am reminded (again my watch has an alarm set!) on what Jesus said on the cross "It is finished!" and I thank Jesus that no matter what happened during the day, His purpose is accomplished in me and carrying the cross is part of it. For "In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge."