Safe [seyf]; Adjective, saf·er, saf·est; Secure
from liability to harm, injury, danger, or
risk: a safe place.
This season of my life has come with a lot
of adventure. Moving halfway across the country just over a year ago, traveling
to Africa, working in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people, all of which
came with fears and doubts. What I’ve found, however, is that in those times
that I say “yes” to an adventure with God, I feel closer to him than ever
before. He is my safe place, even when everything around me seems to be going
haywire.
The other day I was asking God about what
my safe place is. He kept giving me a picture of us in a pantry, which is
confusing. At first I laughed at his humor, thinking he was saying my safe
place is food. When I asked for a deeper meaning, he showed me the intricacy of
my safe place with him.
In this pantry I have all that I need to
survive. I have shelter; I have sustenance. This place is intimate: a place
where we are close to one another. In this place I have comfort and I have
someone to answer all of my questions.
I have someone to hold me close when I am fearful, and to speak any
negative feelings or thoughts away. This is my safe place with my God, where he
will remain with me. Because in him I am safe
to be who he created me to be. I am safe
to be transparent. I am safe to
go to uncharted waters. I am safe in
his will for my life.
Because there is no safer place to be than in the will of God.
Being in a relationship with God is truly
the only time you can be two places at once. I can be in my safe place with my
Father, and out of my comfort zone in the world at the same time. He tells me,
“Remain in me, for I will be with you. You are safe to adventure with me. You
are safe to be in unsafe places, because I am greater than any danger. So
follow my lead, and I will take you on the adventure of a lifetime. I will walk
alongside you, fighting off anything that may come up against you.”
He tells me, “My child, I will never stop
fighting for you.” My response? “I will go to the ends of the earth with you. “
As long as I remain in my safe lil’ pantry.
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous man runs to it
and is safe.”
Proverbs 18:10
