“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing."
(Matthew 23:37)
(Matthew 23:37)
Too often we are the little chick trying to be strong and brave, toughing it out in the wilderness alone. We stray from Jesus-our mother hen-'We don't need you.'
But where we expected freedom and fullness of life, we have fallen over, become anxious, afraid, broken and lost. A little chick needs the nurture, care and protection of its mother.
How long will we stay unwilling? Rejecting Gods loving embrace? Maybe it's not something we actively think about, but our rejection of God is more than just harmful to ourselves, it gives God (the creator of the Heavens and the Earth) great grief and sorrow. "Jerusalem Jerusalem...How often I have longed to gather your children together..." Return little chick, and take shelter in the shadow of His wings.
"Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep.
You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light."
(Psalm 36:5-9 NIV)
P.s Thankyou to my friends who have encouraged me to keep blogging :)
*updated thoughts since yesterday
- Gather means to bring together in one group from a variety of places. God desires us as people to gather together under the headship of Christ- (such as at church, in fellowship with each other or in marriage)
Thoughts?
