Under His Wings

With all the news and bad things going on in the world isn’t it reassuring and comforting to know that we can take refuge in our God.  

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, 
and under his wings you will find refuge.  Psalm 91:1-4

If you’ve ever studied birds you will find that when the mother or father spreads their wings over the baby birds they are doing this to protect them from all the elements that might try to cause them harm.  The baby birds trust their parents to protect them while they are under their wings.  

A mother hen, when she sees a hawk flying overhead, spreads her wings and starts to cluck.  Her little chicks scurry to safety under her wings.  Then she draws her wings in, covering her little chicks.  She is telling the hawk that to get to her little chicks, it would have to come through her first.  She is willing to lay down her life for her chicks.

Its the same with us.  Because of His love for us, Jesus did that very thing  He laid down his life for us.  He did this to protect us.   He wants us to respond to Him and come take refuge in Him.

Psalm 91:4 is our promise of love and protection from God.  We can place our complete trust in Him.  He calls us to be sheltered under His wings, and He will shield us.  No matter what storms we face in life, we will find always find complete safety there.