Sometimes the things we have put our trust in get a little shaky.

We trust in our health, in our bodies.

We trust in relationships.

We trust in our careers.

And then things happen….

We hear “you have cancer”

or

“I don’t think I want to be married anymore”

or

“I’m sorry we’re going to have to let you go”

and suddenly we aren’t sure how to stay standing on such a unstable foundation.

I love this verse for two reasons:

It’s a reminder that when life seems uncertain, when we are shaken, the Lord is strong.  “A strong tower.”

It makes me think of those lighthouses that have been through centuries of storms and still stand tall.

That is God for us.  When we put our trust in God, nothing will be able to knock us down. Not the strongest wind, not the wildest storm.

Notice how this verse says that the righteous “run to it.”

Which to me implies that they are not there to begin with.  It doesn’t say the the strong tower protects those who are there the whole time, it says it is there for those who run to it.

So if you’ve put your trust in something else, and that trust is being rocked, know that strong tower is waiting.

Always there.

Run to it, and be safe.