HIS wings
Deeper Understanding
I have sat in pews for years, hearing others quote verses about being in the shadow of GOD’s wings. I knew, from searching, that verses about such a thing existed – 4 in the NASB translation.
For me, the versus seemed to be a comfort to others in sickness and in grief. I had passed them off as just verses, having no real meaning to me.
Then sorrow fell.
I had actually forgotten how grief felt. I had actually forgotten how to let myself grieve. As I have had my refresher course in grief these past few days, I have found a deeper understanding for the verses on being in the shadow of GOD’s wings.
A veil of Understanding Lifted.
Psalm 17:6 pleads for the LORD to hide the psalmist in the shadow of HIS wings. As children, we hide from things that scare us or could harm us. The psalmist seems to say that it is only under the shadow of GOD’s wings that we are able to hide.
In Psalm 36:7, the psalmist speaks of finding refuge in the shadow of GOD’s wings. Refuge, to me, is a place of spiritual, physical and emotional rest. The world seems to demand we ignore our need to rest – while the psalmist points to the necessity of a time of refuge.
Being in the shadow of HIS wings for me means security. I have watched as a mother hen stretches out her wings to shield her tiny chicks from the rain. In the shadow of HIS wing, I know that HIS wings are hovering over me..
It does not mean that storms and troubles will not come. Storms will come, but GOD is there. Wings outstretched, waiting for us to run to HIS refuge.
