Some birds seem to find places for their nests that other birds and enemy creatures cannot easily find.
We were visiting some friends who had a lovely hanging plant just outside their back door entrance. Every time they came out that door, a small bird sitting nearby on the wash line began scolding them. This continued for days, but no one seemed to know why.
One day they noticed their hanging plant started to look wilted, even though they watered it every day. Finally, they took the plant down and examined it more closely. To their amazement, inside the plant was a small nest, and in the nest were three tiny eggs. The mother bird was nearby really scolding them! No wonder she was so upset! This was her hiding place for the arrival of her babies! She was trying to protect her eggs from harm, and lifting the plant down with the nest inside really had her upset. The plant was carefully hung back on the hook by the back door, and from that time on special care was taken of it until those baby birds were hatched and gone from the nest.
Do you have a hiding place? The person who wrote Psalm 119 had found a special hiding place. And those of you who know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour can have this same hiding place. Do you know where that special place is? “Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in Thy word” (Psalm 119:114114Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. (Psalm 119:114)). The Lord Jesus is our hiding place. He loves us and promises to give us His protective care: “He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust” (Psalm 91:44He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. (Psalm 91:4)).
Are you in that special hiding place?
ML-07/02/2000