Under His Wing

The Secret Place

By William M. Self, Sr.

The Psalmist pictured his provision and protection

With the Most High and under His wing

How do you see your dwelling place?

 

Under His Wing

A great story, but fictional, is the story of

 a Yellowstone National Park Ranger.

The story tells of an assessment

after a forest fire in 1989.

The ranger came across a charred bird and when
he moved it with a stick, three chicks scurried out.

The mother bird could have flown to safety.

She refused to abandon her babies and sacrificed

 her life by covering them with her wings.

This story first came about in

 1945 as in inspirational story of

a mother hen living on a farm.

As a fire engulfs the farm, she gathers

 her chicks under her and protects them.

 “The Little Red Hen” was one of thirteen pamphlets

published by Illustrated Gospel Series

also known as “The McCague Lessons”.

 

Although the stories are fictional and

not all birds care for their young…

They are an illustration that helps us understand

the spiritual from the natural.

We can be sure the Psalmist is not talking theory.

He is talking of his own experience and

this experience is available to others.

The Psalmist had not known of the death,

 burial and resurrection of Christ.

But he did know the protection

and provision of God.

He, too, gives us an illustration

from nature and the bird world.

I think the Psalmist sees his dwelling place

with God perhaps like that of the eagle.

Eagles’ nests are high and large…

 a secure dwelling place.

Under the wings, could refer to the love and

protection the eagle gives to its eggs…

Long before the eagle knows about life.

Or, the protection as a young and inexperienced chick.

Whether birds do what they do out of love or instinct...

God is motivated by His love for you.

Let Him take you under wing and raise you

up to fly above the corruption of the world.

Let His protection and provision

motivate you to love Him.

 

Scripture Reading

Psalm 91:1-4 NIV

91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 

2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge

and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.