Friday, February 10, 2006

Deuteronomy 33:26-27

Just had a quick INCREDIBLE verse to share because I want everyone I love to see it too. Anyone in Titus' Bible study has already seen this verse but it's stuck with me now for three weeks; God has been romancing me with it and I love love love love love it. I like it too. Here it comes, prepare yourself:

Deuteronomy 33:26-27
"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides the heavens to your help
and on the clouds in His majesty.
The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms."

First of all, He "rides the heavens to your help" is one of the most romantic phrases I've ever heard. Sometimes I forget that Jesus' body has all these battle-scars on it from where He fought once to save my life, which is also romantic and every girls' dream (that a guy would cherish her so much that he would have even fought for her and bears the scars to prove it). Next, not only is He a refuge, which seems to me to imply an overhanging or shading (something above), but "underneath are the everlasting arms." So I'm surrounded. Which is more than just comforting. It's FREEDOM. Does that make sense? When I read this verse, it seems extremely laughable to me to envision anything causing me fear. I picture a windy day way up high in the clouds and God is kind of cruising along and here is Catherine, somewhere inside of Him, feeling the rush of the wind but free of fear, of hesitation, of danger. This is His promise. Not that our lives aren't dangerous or difficult, because two seconds in the world will prove that quickly enough, but that in every sense, in every practical way, I am surrounded by God's mercy and love and I am free to live my life in Him with joy and fearlessness. Come danger, come hatred from the world, come death! This passage makes me brave and hopeful and excited and borderline thrilled. I hope you like it too.