- Cover with Wings
Psalm 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 conditional promises of protection continue, still based on the condition of verse 1: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High.” God wants us to feel the security of the feathers of the Mother Hen, while we sleep serenely under His huge and strong wings. If we see the picture it is easy to trust the reality we don’t see.
Jesus uses the same picture language in reference to His sadness and disappointment when looking over the city of Jerusalem. He sees the majority of the contemporary Jewish people rejecting the salvation and protection of the Messiah sent from God. He loves them, but they reject Him: “How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!” (Luke 13:34). Rejecting the Savior and Messiah leaves one outside of the protecting wings when the enemy comes around. Thus Jesus predicts the Fall of Jerusalem 40 years later by the enemy, the Roman army: the city and the people rejected the offered protection and salvation from and the defeat of the spiritual Enemy. The Romans and Jerusalem were the physical object lessons of the spiritual truth: Jesus will protect us from the Enemy if we make Him our secret shelter (believe in Him). He dreadfully desires to do just that. Let Him cover you with His wings by entrusting yourself under His wings.
The second picture of protection is that of a shield and buckler. Jesus is The Truth; His Truth will be your shield and buckler. The “shield of faith” is that piece of armor that quenches the flaming darts of the evil one. Jesus places His Truth (Himself) between the Enemy and you. You are well protected.