The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Proverbs 18:10
The story is told of a scientist who carried out an interesting experiment. In this experiment he placed a lamb in an enclosure and supplied it with food, water and straw. He arranged it so that he could give the lamb an electric shock whenever he wished. As the lamb was quietly feeding, the scientist gave it a shock. At once the lamb ran all around the pen. Finally, he calmed down and started eating again, but the scientist noticed that he never went back to the spot where he had been shocked. Presently he shocked the lamb a second time. Again he ran. Now he had two places to avoid. The scientist kept this up until finally the lamb had no place left to run, he just huddled in fear.
In another pen he placed the twin brother of the above lamb, but with this lamb he put his mother. When he was shocked, he ran to his mother, who in some way gave him comfort and reassurance. By and by as he was feeding he received another shock. Again he ran! Yes, to his mother. The scientist kept this up until finally when the shock came, the lamb would just twitch a little and go right on feeding. No nervous breakdown for him! He knew where to run.
Each one of us receive “electric shocks” every day of our lives—painful events and circumstances that we neither expect nor want. How do we react? The answer to that question depends on whether or not we have Someone to run to; Someone who knows how to comfort and reassure us. Jesus says, “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28.
May we take Him up on this gracious offer today, so that when the shocks come, as they surely will, we can just twitch a little and continue on with our lives, resting in Him moment by moment.
Live in contact with the living Christ, and He will hold you firmly by a hand that will never let go. Know and believe the love that God has to us, and you are secure; that love is a fortress impregnable to all the delusions and assaults of Satan. “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” Proverbs 18:10. MB 119
