Praise be to you this morning, Lord God, for your wonderful Word:

living, powerful, deep, transforming and encouraging.

It is life-giving, guiding, convicting, protecting.

For instance,  Psalm 94:18,19 says, “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ Your love, O Lord, supported me.” This is so true;

when I have felt abandoned, a failure, useless, attacked or unloved, your Word has supported me.

Your Spirit brought to mind passages of power, towers of Truth to flee to for help and protection.

Such as, when attacked by others, Psalm 37 is my favorite fortress, providing powerful protection and direction:

“Fret not yourself because of evildoers…for they shall be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb” (verse 1).

This Psalm is a beacon of Truth, giving perspective and guidance going on to say: “Trust in the Lord and do good, so shall you dwell in the land and be fed.” (verse 3).

It gives the high and protecting wall of Hope: “Delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart” (verse 4).

And as I trusted these verses, the Lord worked things out in multiple difficulties. He is faithful as I stay up in His high tower:

“The Lord is my rock, my salvation and my high tower…” And if I stay in the high tower, “I will never be shaken.” Psalm  62:2

We stay in the tower when we trust, wait for His direction and praise Him for the outcome before it is seen.

Picture: my own blue  tower on my house