A farmer walked around his farm to take stock of his losses after a fire had destroyed it. When he came to the chicken coop, he noticed the charred carcass of a mother hen. He used his foot to turn the carcass over, and to his surprise, live chicks ran out from under her. The mother hen had died proteching her chicks from the fire!
In the Bible, wings speak of protection. David said to God, "Hide me under the shadow of Your wings" (Psalm l7:8)..Jesus Himself offered protection to the Jewish nation when He said, "How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing." (Luke 13:34)
Jesus wanted to gather the children of Israel under His wings to protect them, but they were not willing. That was why He wept over Jerusalem. He literally shed tears because He saw the destruction that would come and He wanted to protect His children. When any one of us who is a parent sees that our child is in danger, we want to protect them. None of us could imagine allowing our child to get hurt in any way if there was anything we could to do help.
For those who are God's children, He wants to protect us, especially in these times of terrorism and natural catastrophes. Sometimes I believe He even wants to protect us from ourselves. Sometimes when difficult circumstances arise, we don't see the protection that God is demonstrating because in our minds, we don't understand His ways..but beloved, His ways are far above ours, and He can be trusted. Like the mother hen who spread her wings and died, protecting her chicks, Jesus spread His wings of love and died on the cross for us. And after He had died to save us, He rose again and lives today to make sure that we are well taken care of.
Today, see yourself under the wings of your Savior who has promised you in His word, He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge."
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