Daily Devotion

August 29, 2006

Psalms 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

The wings and the feathers that serve as a shield and buckler to protect us from the fiery darts of the enemy are his truth. His Words of truth contain the marvelous promises of his love and care for us. When we use God’s Words as weapons against the enemy who so often tries to discourage our soul with his words of doubt, they not only protect us from the devil’s attacks, but they also neutralize him.  

An old man told this story to young children: the story of The Little Red Hen. A brush fire had burst out in the usually quiet farm. The farmer was busy fighting the flames, and all the animals were in a state of panic. The little red hen tried her best to gather her chicks but by the time she had them all corralled, the flames surrounded her. She then gathered all her chicks under her wings and body, and sat on her little ones to protect them, her own self exposed to the fire. When the farmer assessed the disaster the fire did to his farm, he kicked something with his foot wondering what it was, only to uncover the chicks alive under what was the body of the burnt sacrificial red hen.

This story may be childlike and simplistic but it illustrates the protective truth that Jesus affords to us at his own cost. Let us therefore not fear the enemy, but always avail ourselves of the shield and buckler truth of the Lord.

Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Patrick Lumbroso
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