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Giving Thanks for the Hidden Refuge
By Sarah Frazer Bible Reading
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1 (ESV) Saying "thank you" is a polite and often expected response when someone does something nice to us. Whenever a friend makes a meal, or shows up after a hard day we say thank you. Maybe someone we know just sits with us and listens. Perhaps a stranger might open the door or hold the elevator. We know that those actions deserve a "thanks." Do we ever stop to wonder if we are giving thanks to God for things? It is easy to give thanks to Him for past actions, but what if we gave Him thanks for future things? Psalm 91 is not necessarily the psalm we go to in order to find words to give thanks. It doesn't even have the the words thanksgiving or thanks in it. I think there is one specific thing we can see in this psalm that can cause our hearts to leap with thanksgiving. Psalm 91 is a future psalm. It promises us that God will be there. The word "will" or a similar word is used almost twenty times. The author is telling himself (and us) that God will…protect, satisfy, love, and guide. It is a future prediction of how God will show up for us. One of the main themes of Psalm 91 is that God is our refuge. As we look at what this refuge can give us, I think we can more readily give God thanks. | 
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