Jesus Has Got You Covered

“He shall cover with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” (Psalm 91: 4)

I cannot help but repeat the telling account that I had read of a mother hen and the extent that she will got protect her young. When trouble is brewing the hen house, the mother hen sits by and scoops up her chicks with ease. God our Heavenly Father does the same thing for us. In another telling example, a fire had broken out in a hen house, enough that the farmer had to get all of his livestock out. One mother hen was nothing but charred remains. When the farmer removed the dead hen's body, live chicks popped out and began pecking around for food.

Psalm 91 is a call for us to look at Our Heavenly Father as the same protection for us.

Another verse declares the level of protection that we can enjoy:

"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

"Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked." (Psalm 91: 7-8)

Under His wings nothing can harm you.

Still not convinced? Jesus wept over Jerusalem, wanting to be their mother hen
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” (Matthew 23: 37)

The city and inhabitants of Jerusalem still trusted in their own efforts, therefore they refused to cast their care upon Him who cared for them. The righteous live by faith, not by works (Habakkuk 2: 4):

"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." (Psalm 91: 2)

Whenever someone does not trust in his own efforts, but in the sacrifice of the Lamb, they are guaranteed protection. Just as the Israelites trusted in the blood of the Passover lamb, that the Angel would Passover their homes and not strike down every first born (Exodus 12), so we who believe in Jesus can trust in His blood, which has cleansed us from all sin:

"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 1: 5)

We are covered for sure by His blood, which keeps cleansing us ever still:

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1: 7)

Because God sent His own Son to die for all of our sins, we can also trust that God will give all things with Him:

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 32) 

In fact, He will be a God to us, caring for our every need, protecting us from harm:

 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people." (Hebrews 8: 10)

No matter what you are facing, trust in the Lord, that even now, no matter what you are thinking or feeling, that He has you covered!