Fortress

I love you, Lord; you are my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. I called on the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.

Psalms 18:1-3

When I was a child, my friends and I would build tree forts.  No one knew we were there because we disguised them. There we would do those weird things young boys do, like read comic books, smoke (and choke) on a cigar one of the guys stole from his Dad, joke and laugh.  We felt safe and secure in our tree fort.  But there also came time when we had to leave it and enter the world again.

What is the purpose of a fortress?  It is a place where you feel safe. It a place where you are protected. It is a place where you are secure from intruders.  Yet a fortress cannot move.  BUT, consider that Abba is our fortress.  In Him we are safe and secure. In Him we are protected. In Him we find comfort.  And, here's the kicker, our fortress we have in Abba goes with us everywhere we go. We call on Him and He answers. We flee to Him and we are protected. We go to Him because we know we are loved!

There are times we seem to forget that, or am I the only one.  Yet Abba never forgets and never leaves us and always loves us.  Maybe it's time we tell Abba thank you for being our fortress.