{"id":5903,"date":"2020-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:33:49","slug":"day-7-the-secret-of-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/30\/day-7-the-secret-of-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7: The Secret Of Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock\u201d<\/em> Psalm 27:5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a place where God hides His beloved\u2014in the sanctuary of His presence\u2026The secret place is like the eye of a storm. While all is storming about us, we find an inner sanctuary of rest and peace. There\u2019s something of a paradox here because we are experiencing both storm and peace simultaneously.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany Christians have been offended by the fact that when they began to devote themselves to the secret place, the warfare around their lives actually accelerated. Instead of finding refuge, they found turbulence\u2026While the place of prayer is a place of immunity, it is also one of Satan\u2019s favorite places to attack the devout.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe closer we draw to the Lord in intimacy, the more real the warfare will be we encounter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis Frangipane described it with the phrase, \u2018New levels, new devils.\u2019 As the attacks increase, our cry only intensifies, \u2018Hide me!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh how I long to direct your heart into this place of refuge! Are winds swirling about your head? Run into the Lord! A refuge is something you flee into. A refuge doesn\u2019t automatically erect itself around you; you have to seek it out and run into its shelter for safe harbor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cry is, \u2018Oh Lord, I am about to be consumed\u2014I run into You! Hide me!\u2019 \u2018Be my strong refuge, to which I may resort continually\u2019 (Psalm 71:3). Thank You, Lord, for the gift of the secret place!\u201d<\/em>\u2014Bob Sorge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI run to You Lord. New devils are swirling around me and I wonder if I can actually continue this pilgrimage in growing intensity. I stumble often, and feel deflated because I often trip over. But I run to You again today. I run to You Lord to hide me. Hide me, Lord. Hide me. Secure me with the strength of the Almighty, that I may find shelter in this storm called life. If You don\u2019t hide me, then I am finished. I run to You again\u2014needy and helpless. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identify where Satan is attacking you\u2014and consciously run to God today for help. Call upon Him for help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock\u201d Psalm 27:5 \u201cThere is a place where God hides His beloved\u2014in the sanctuary of His presence\u2026The secret place is like the eye of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-50-days-pilgrim-challenge","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/50-days-pilgrim-challenge.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5904,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions\/5904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}