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In a storm like a tornado or hurricane one of the biggest priorities is to find shelter. It is key to getting through the storm not only unharmed, but possibly even alive. Sometimes in the midst of such a great storm, especially if someone has never been through a tornado or hurricane before a persons instinct might tell them to RUN! Get away as far as you can from what is happening. Especially with a tornado this can be extremely dangerous, as the tornado is unpredictable.
When we face trials in our lives that are unpredictable, and unexpected, we may suddenly not know what to do. We may decide we want to run rather then face what is happening. The problem with that tactic is that the trial is still happening, the reality of the situation is still at hand. When we run we only have our back to the storm, and we are become weaker by running off alone. What we need to be doing instead is seeking a shelter where we can live through the storm unharmed. Yes the trial we are living may be harming us in a physical way, but what we want to avoid is having the trial harm us in an emotional and spiritual way that we will not recover from.
There is a shelter we can seek that will accomplish this for us. Unlike a tornado, where a shelter is a physical place, the shelter from the trials we face in life is not a physical location. It is found in our relationship with God. He is our shelter and peace in storm (Ps. 55:8 ). But even more then that, when we seek Him we will find that shelter (Prov. 8:17 ), that place where we can weather the storm . By running from Him in the storm we only miss the very thing we are looking for, a peace in the middle of the storm. We need to be seeking God and looking at what He is doing in the storm. The shelter and peace we need is in God. He promises us peace (Ps. 85:8 ), and we know God keeps His promises!
We need to resist the urge to run, resist the urge to fight the trial indepently. Peace is available if we seek the shelter that is available in God, and we do so by spending time in His word, and in prayer. When we go to God in the trial He is capable of giving us a peace that is beyond that which we are going to find by any other means.
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