Under His Shadow
This sounds kind of ominous doesn't it? When we think of a shadow we immediately think of something eerie, frightful and possibly harmful. But as I was reading in the Psalms today I came across the mention of this shadow once again. Psalm 36:7 says, "How precious is Your loving kindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings." (NKJV) There are other references to the shadow of His wings- Psalm 91:1- those who live in the secret place of the most High will live under the shadow of God; Psalm 17:8 says to hide me under the shadow of His wings, also Isaiah 49:2, Psalm 57:1 and Psalm 68:7. When David wrote these words he was more than likely hiding from his enemy King Saul. He was trying to do the right thing and was constantly being pursued by this man. He was despised and rejected by the very man/friend who had tried to help him fight the giant Goliath. But Saul had turned on David because of a deep jealousy inside of him. So