Day of Praise

Th, 10/02/14, "Day of Praise"

"Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
   for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
   until the disaster has passed." -
Psalm 57:1

I hope you enjoy Bible study. it's important.

Take today's Bible verse and one key phrase within it: "I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings."

Not everybody does..."take refuge in the shadow of God's wings" that is.

Study it.

Study the words "shadow" and "shade" in the Bible. It's like studying "darkness."

God's word in the Bible says that there are two responses when "shadows" or "shade" or "darkness" come someone's way.

The unbeliever says, "See, you can't see God, therefore there is no God."

The believer says, "God has me covered; that's why there's a shadow." As in Psalm 17:8, "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings." The believer, in essence, receives "shadows" and "darkness" as a privileged place, a place where they're the "apple of God's eye," which means "the desire of God's eye" and the love of God's heart.

That's radical faith.

We all taste "darkness" and "shadows" and "shade" in this world. Dear God, please give us some of that radical faith to go with it so that we, like David and ultimately like Jesus on the cross, might find "refuge in the shadow of your wings." Amen.

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson