No Less Near

O LORD who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.  Isaiah 37:16 NET

Now, when we think of a refuge or a fortress, images of stone walls and military fortifications can easily come to mind. These places don’t make us think of comfort, and yet our ‘fortress’ is the living and loving God. 

He describes His place of ultimate protection like being permanently nestled in Him, between the feathers and the down. His secret place of fortress is not a harsh place of warfare but rather the ultimate experience of tender comfort and nurture.

And If God’s voice is hard to hear at times, know this; He is no less Sovereign. No less near.