EZEKIEL 11:16
"I will be a sanctuary to you during your time of exile."
Many people have been exiled in one form or another in their life. Prisoners are in exile. The Israelites where exiled from their land for years. Soldiers are separated and in foreign lands and are in a type of exile. Business men go to other lands to make their fortunes and hope to return to their homeland and family after a temporary exile. Even though they suffer in varying degrees of separation and banishment, they all can have one thing in common if they Love the Lord and believe the Word of Jesus Christ the Lord God. They can be in a sanctuary!
Even in the harshest of circumstances it is possible to build a wall of security around yourself. You can build a consecrated place within your own mind and body and be secure and at peace if you have the Lord in your life. God promises us that "He will be a sanctuary to you during your time of exile." God is a strong tower that you can run into and be safe. Whatever is happening to your body in this life here on earth has no final effect on you. Your spirit is eternal and if it is in the hands of the All Mighty God then you have nothing to fear you are in a sanctuary.
Those who do not have the Lord in their life have no real hope and they have no safe zone that they can run to and be saved. Jesus Saves and He alone is capable of gathering you to Himself and giving you life again. The feeling of safety and security that comes from knowing that God is our sanctuary in times of trouble is priceless. You can have peace that passes all understanding. While others are suffering and gnashing their teeth, you can rest in His sanctuary!
