God covers and shields me
"He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge. His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark"
The safest place in the world is the shelter God offers us all in Himself.
Echoing the themes of God's protective shelter and shadow over us, we now get a picture of this promise from nature itself. When a mother hen is alarmed of a predator coming after her chicks, she crouches down, spreads her wings, and begins to cluck to her chicks. She calls to them all to seek refuge under her wings and close to her heart. As they come running to her from all directions, they nestle under her outstretched wings, safe from harm. Her pinions (feathers) literally cover and hide them from danger. She doesn't run to and fro after her chicks, instead they learn to stay close to her and come quickly whenever a hawk or other predator comes in sight. Notice that the verse states "you may seek refuge." This pictures exactly what this mother hen offers her chicks. She doesn't force them under her wings, but she calls to them more and more urgently to run to her. Jesus Himself compared this imagery to God's fierce love for His people:
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing." (Matthew 23:37, NIV)
What a contrast between God's willingness and our unwillingness. His open arms and our rejection of Him. He calls to us and longs for us to come to Him. Do you run to Him in times of danger? He will never turn you away! Jesus promised this (John 6:37) and dramatically illustrated God's welcome to us despite our rebellion and folly in the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). When you run to God in faith you come under His wings of protection. The enemy now has to go through God to get to you. How comforting to know from this verse that when we come under attack, God's shelter over us is a shield and bulwark. God is faithful in all He does. He never leaves us nor forsakes us. What an encouragement!
From my heart,
Ursula
"He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge. His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark"
The safest place in the world is the shelter God offers us all in Himself.
Echoing the themes of God's protective shelter and shadow over us, we now get a picture of this promise from nature itself. When a mother hen is alarmed of a predator coming after her chicks, she crouches down, spreads her wings, and begins to cluck to her chicks. She calls to them all to seek refuge under her wings and close to her heart. As they come running to her from all directions, they nestle under her outstretched wings, safe from harm. Her pinions (feathers) literally cover and hide them from danger. She doesn't run to and fro after her chicks, instead they learn to stay close to her and come quickly whenever a hawk or other predator comes in sight. Notice that the verse states "you may seek refuge." This pictures exactly what this mother hen offers her chicks. She doesn't force them under her wings, but she calls to them more and more urgently to run to her. Jesus Himself compared this imagery to God's fierce love for His people:
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing." (Matthew 23:37, NIV)
What a contrast between God's willingness and our unwillingness. His open arms and our rejection of Him. He calls to us and longs for us to come to Him. Do you run to Him in times of danger? He will never turn you away! Jesus promised this (John 6:37) and dramatically illustrated God's welcome to us despite our rebellion and folly in the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). When you run to God in faith you come under His wings of protection. The enemy now has to go through God to get to you. How comforting to know from this verse that when we come under attack, God's shelter over us is a shield and bulwark. God is faithful in all He does. He never leaves us nor forsakes us. What an encouragement!
From my heart,
Ursula
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