God’s Shadow

Aug 30
2005

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Read Psalm 91:1-16

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

-Psalm 91:1 (NRSV)

IT was just past noon on a rather hot, sunny day when I left the school with my young nephew. As we walked along, my nephew kept moving to remain within the shadow of my rather large frame.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“Trying to find shade from the sun,” he said.

I then remembered the words of the psalmist: “You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the LORD, ‘My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.'”

What joy it is to learn to live sheltered by God! With God all things are possible. When illness, pain, or preoccupations threaten to consume us, we can find refuge in the shadow of God’s wings.

Cesar A. Matos (Barahona, Dominican Republic)

Prayer
Fill us with your Spirit, O Lord, that we may learn to abide in the shelter of the Most High. Amen.

Thought For The Day
What can I do to draw close to God?

Prayer Focus
Disadvantaged children

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