Under His Wings

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So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. --1 Peter 2:1-3 Do you want to experience lasting change in your Christian walk? Of course you do. I do, too. This lasting change is ours when we discipline ourselves to consume God’s Word. You see, getting the Scripture inside us is essential to the miracle of transformation. So how do we do this?  Well, in the verse above, Peter tells us to make room for the pure milk of the Word of God by getting rid of the toxic sin in our lives. Peter mentions five specific sins: malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Peter’s list here is suggestive of all the toxic stuff in our lives that needs to go. If you don’t get rid of the sin, it’s simply impossible to be a healthy, growing Christian. Spiritually, the process of consuming God’s Word is just like the process of developing a healthy diet, physically. You and I have to purposefully stop consuming junk food in order to consume the things that are good for us! And it does us no good to eat both. Lasting change is in your grasp, and God’s Word is the way to make it happen. So I urge you, don’t waste this precious gift. Let go of sin and fill yourself with God’s Word! STOP CONSUMING SPIRITUAL JUNK FOOD AND CONSUME GOD’S WORD INSTEAD.

Under His Wings

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.”

Psalm 17:6–9

David spent most of his early adult life on the run. King Saul was jealous of David’s popularity and favor with God, and tried to kill the man he feared would overthrow his kingdom. David went to great lengths to survive. When he talks about looking to God for shelter and protection, it is grounded in painful experience. If God had not delivered David, he would surely have perished at the hands of Saul. But God did deliver David, and He offers the same protection and shelter to His children today.

Dr. John Rice who grew up on a ranch in Texas said, “You city slickers would not know about it, but there is something especially sweet about a mother hen taking care of the little chickens. If there is just a shadow of a hawk flying over, she clucks and they run and get under Mamma’s wings. If it rains, they get under there and the rain falls on her, not on the little chickens. They’re cheep, cheep, cheep-comforted under there. Now, a Christian is to hide under His wings, under His feathers.”

Too often we try to create our own protection to shield us from the world. We trust in our financial resources, or our strength or our friends, only to find that they are unable to meet the challenges we face. Only God has the ability and resources to shield us from any attack. When we are under His wings, we are safe from any threat that may come.

Today's Growth Principle: 

In times of trouble, our first reaction should be to run to God for shelter.