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In the Sanctuary of His Wings
“I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings”(Ps. 61:4, NKJV).
Some eagles have wingspans of up to nine feet under which they can shelter and protect their hatchlings. God’s mercy, like the wings of the eagle, shelters those who forsake their sins, no matter how deep they may have fallen. But unlike the guilt of our sin, which is blotted out, the consequences or results of sin often may not be removed. David experienced the bitter reality of this truth, fourfold, in the deaths of three of his sons and in the rape of his daughter Tamar by her own half-brother, Amnon.
What did David seek in the shadow of God’s wings? What do they offer us covering from? Pss. 17:8, 36:7, 57:1.
Under the wings of God are found lovingkindness, mercy, and a shelter. The eagle’s wings amplify this truth in a spectacular way: a father eagle teaches an eaglet to fly by carrying it on his back up to a great height. He then tips his wings, and the eaglet falls earthward, flapping and tumbling. Before the eaglet hits the ground, the father eagle swoops underneath and catches it on his wings, bearing it back up again. No matter how far we fall, God flies faster than that fall. He uses our fall to teach us to fly. Like David, if we repent, we will be closer to God after He catches us from our fall than before we fell!
Perhaps this knowledge of the eagle’s flight inspired David’s trust in God’s sheltering wings in Psalm 61. David probably composed it while in exile during the time Absalom usurped the throne. It declares trust in the covering mercy of God, possibly referring to the mercy seat in God’s sanctuary. Here rests the ark of God’s covenant with His people, with its covering cherubim, whose overarching wings shelter the law—the written transcript of God’s character of love. David may have been expressing a desire to dwell, through faith, with God in His sanctuary, his soul garbed in the transforming light of that love.
Perhaps, even now, though you’ve dedicated your life anew to God, you are suffering the consequences of sin: estrangement, exile, physical ailment, emotional pain. What hope of healing does the shelter of God’s wings offer?
| THURSDAY | May 12 |
“I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings”(Ps. 61:4, NKJV).
Some eagles have wingspans of up to nine feet under which they can shelter and protect their hatchlings. God’s mercy, like the wings of the eagle, shelters those who forsake their sins, no matter how deep they may have fallen. But unlike the guilt of our sin, which is blotted out, the consequences or results of sin often may not be removed. David experienced the bitter reality of this truth, fourfold, in the deaths of three of his sons and in the rape of his daughter Tamar by her own half-brother, Amnon.
What did David seek in the shadow of God’s wings? What do they offer us covering from? Pss. 17:8, 36:7, 57:1.
Under the wings of God are found lovingkindness, mercy, and a shelter. The eagle’s wings amplify this truth in a spectacular way: a father eagle teaches an eaglet to fly by carrying it on his back up to a great height. He then tips his wings, and the eaglet falls earthward, flapping and tumbling. Before the eaglet hits the ground, the father eagle swoops underneath and catches it on his wings, bearing it back up again. No matter how far we fall, God flies faster than that fall. He uses our fall to teach us to fly. Like David, if we repent, we will be closer to God after He catches us from our fall than before we fell!
Perhaps this knowledge of the eagle’s flight inspired David’s trust in God’s sheltering wings in Psalm 61. David probably composed it while in exile during the time Absalom usurped the throne. It declares trust in the covering mercy of God, possibly referring to the mercy seat in God’s sanctuary. Here rests the ark of God’s covenant with His people, with its covering cherubim, whose overarching wings shelter the law—the written transcript of God’s character of love. David may have been expressing a desire to dwell, through faith, with God in His sanctuary, his soul garbed in the transforming light of that love.
Perhaps, even now, though you’ve dedicated your life anew to God, you are suffering the consequences of sin: estrangement, exile, physical ailment, emotional pain. What hope of healing does the shelter of God’s wings offer?
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