While I'm Waiting

Safe

by Paul David Tripp

For He will hide me in His shelter in the day of trouble. Psalm 27:5

I am safe,

not because I have no

trouble,

or because I never experience

danger.

I am safe,

not because people affirm

me,

or my plans always

work out.

I am safe,

not because I am immune from

disease,

or free of the potential for

poverty.

I am safe,

not because I am protected from

disappointment

or separated from this

fallen world.

I am safe,

not because I am

wise

or strong.

I am safe,

not because I deserve

comfort or have earned my

ease.

I am safe,

not because of

money

or power,

or position,

or intellect,

or who I know,

or where I live.

I am safe because of the glorious mystery of

grace.

I am safe because of the presence of

boundless love.

I am safe because of

divine mercy,

divine wisdom,

divine power,

and divine grace.

I am safe,

not because I never face danger,

but because You are

with me in it.

You have not given me

a ticket out of danger.

You have not promised me

a life of ease.

You have chosen to place me in

a fallen world.

I am safe,

because You have given me

the one thing

that is the

only thing

that will ever keep me safe.

You have given me

You.

I am safe

from my evil heart

and this shattered world,

not because I can escape

them both,

but because in the middle of

temptation and trial,

danger and disappointment,

sickness and want,

You give me everything

I need to

fight temptation

and avoid defeat

and to point others

to the safety

that can be found only

in You.

So I will wake up tomorrow

and face the anxiety

of not knowing

the fear of own my weakness

and the reality of the fall.

I will live with

faith,

courage,

perseverance,

and hope.

When danger comes,

and it will,

I will whisper to

my weakening heart,

"Emmanuel is your shelter;

you are safe."