He Alone Is My Refuge

This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. [Psalm 91.2] 

On this date one year ago, I published the article "God Alone? Or, God And...?" I challenge those reading this today to read that article from a year ago and then consider this verse from today's One Year Chronological Bible reading:

My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection. [Psalm 71.7]

"Being an example" can mean dying as much as it means living. My "example" is not whether I live or die, but whether I trust in the LORD alone as my refuge (my strength and protection) in life or death.

There is no such thing as "faith in God AND..." Faith in God needs no other support system regardless what the anecdotal Parable of the drowning man (Wikipedia) attempts to convince otherwise! God can use man and his knowledge all He wants to (and, has in the past), BUT, the moment we turn to man and his knowledge in any degree of pluralistic faith (faith in God AND...), we have committed spiritual adultery - idolatry, as defined by numerous accounts in the Bible.

Father, may I be found with such resolve to trust in You alone that whether I live or die in so doing, there is absolutely no possibility of my faith in You being questioned for its singularity. May my testimony and example be that I trusted in You ALONE! So be it.