Under His Wings

In Psalmist in 91:4 declares, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty… And under His wings you shall take refuge.”  Here we have revealed the safest place for the child of God to be.  It is in the Father’s shadow and under His wings. In the natural it gives little comfort to think that we are being protected by a shadow. However, in the spiritual realm there could be no safer place.  I read something recently that put this all in perspective. It was an article written several years ago in the National Geographic that provided an interesting picture of God's wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her off springs to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body. The mother had remained steadfast. She had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live. God has given Himself so that we might be protected as we encounter the wiles of life. So there is no reason to be alarmed as long as we entertain His shadow and live under His wings.