RUNNING AWAY - When you feel like running or flying away, remember, God's throne is secure. The Lord is in His holy temple. Don't flee to a mountain; flee to the throne of grace. When you feel like quitting or running away, remember that you can't run away from your troubles and you can't run away from yourself. The solution is not running away; it's running to. It's running to the throne of grace and finding grace to help in time of need. Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.

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Running Away

WANT TO RUN AWAY?

BY WARREN WIERSBE

In Prayer, Praise and Promises

Read Psalm 11:1-7 

Psalm 11 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    “Flee like a bird to your mountain,
² for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
    they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
³ if the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

⁴ The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
⁵ The Lord tests the righteous,
    but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
⁶ Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
⁷ For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
    the upright shall behold his face.

Have you ever felt like running away? "In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'?" (verse 1).

All of us have days when we feel like quitting. We throw up our hands and say, "That's it. I've had it, and I'm leaving."

At times we do need to get away to rest and regain our perspective.

Our Lord Jesus said to His disciples, "Let's just depart and rest a while."

Vance Havner once remarked, "If you don't come apart and rest, you'll just come apart."

But the psalmist was not talking about a vacation. "The wicked bend their bow" (verse2).

He was saying, "The wicked are doing this and that. Let's get out of here and go to some mountaintop and have a good Bible conference."

When you feel like running or flying away, remember, God's throne is secure.

The Lord is in His holy temple. In a difficult time Isaiah looked up and saw the Lord on His throne, high and lifted up.

In the Book of Revelation, John saw the Lord on His throne, and it gave him new courage.

Don't flee to a mountain; flee to the throne of grace.

When you feel like quitting or running away, remember that you can't run away from your troubles and you can't run away from yourself.

The solution is not running away; it's running to.

It's running to the throne of grace and finding grace to help in time of need.

Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.

When you feel like running away, claim your privilege as a child of God and approach the throne of grace.

There you will find the personal and tailored help you need.

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