UNDER HIS WINGS
Yesterday I took Peanut
through the car wash. It was a little scary for him but I told him he could
snuggle under my arm. He did great and when we came out, he went back over to
the passenger side of the car, indicating that I should roll down the window so
he could stick his face out and get on with his ride. Psalm
91:4 tells us: “He [God] shall cover
thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust.”
In our busy lives
we act a little like Peanut, wanting to always stick our noses out the window,
see everything, and experience all the excitement. But we also need to remember
that we are not on the treadmill of life on our own. God will always be there
for us. We need to find comfort, stability, rest and trust, under His wings.
Jesus rebuked the Jews because they kept
making up their own rules. They wanted to stone anyone they felt wasn’t
following their agenda. They thought they were doing it all very righteously
and boldly for God, but they weren’t. They let the Leviathan spirit of pride
take over their thinking and actions. They didn’t take the time to humbly come
back to snuggle up to the true God. Instead, they wanted God to corroborate
what they decided was His will—not wanting to humbly find out what His will
really was. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest
them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
(Luke 13:34).
They wouldn’t listen and their lives were not
blessed.
On the other hand, there was Ruth of the Old
Testament. Instead of going back to her Moabite gods when her husband died, she
made a decision to draw closer to the God of the Israelites and her life was
blessed in many ways. This is the prophesy given over her: “The Lord recompense
thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under
whose wings thou art come to trust” (Ruth 2:12).
Peanut trusted I would
take care of Him in the uproar of the car wash. He was smart enough to snuggle
up to me. Let’s be smart like Peanut and snuggle up the God, under whose wings
we can trust.
Love, Carolyn
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