ON DADDY’S
SHOULDERS
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe:
and I will have respect
unto thy statutes continually.
Psalm 119:117 (KJV)
As we were reading Psalm
119:113-120 this evening, this verse jumped out at us because of the mental
picture it evoked. Just this afternoon, our three pastors had joined us for
lunch. Our student minister, Damien, has a four-year-old son who is battling leukemia.
We had written a Champion Blessing for him and a small gift—a soft, squishy toy
lion. Damien was telling us a little bit about his son and mentioned that one
of his favorite things was to ride up on his dad’s shoulders. We imagine he
feels big and strong perched securely up above the crowd. Therefore, this is
how we imagined our Father God holding us up. The mental picture was that of
being lifted high by strong arms and held above anything or anyone who would
harm us, traveling through life empowered by the strength of One much mightier
than ourselves, enabled to do all He has called us to do by His power and not
our own.
You may listen to a song this
brought to mind by clicking this link:
Father, remind us daily that
we are never alone. We are secure in Your all-mighty hands, and You will never
drop us. Give us the trust of a child riding on Daddy’s shoulders.
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