When the mainsail of my boat is not in use, it is kept protected with a canvas bag called a boom cover. On the water recently on a very hot summer day, I was puzzled by a chirping sound coming from within the cover. To my horror, I realised that I had sailed away with a nest inside the boom cover, and a chick was missing its parents. Mercifully I returned home in time, for the chick was still chirruping cheerfully the next morning. So presumably the parents resumed their services at the end of the day.
We were meditating on: Rev 7:15-17
They are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. (will spread his tent over them.)
The tents of men are frail and may be blown away in a moment. My tent is impregnable, a glorious shining and brightness before which all darkness flees. Those whom I bless are blessed indeed and no evil thing can destroy or spoil them. Believe this with all your heart and know that God is for you and that nothing can separate you from My love. My tent is spacious; it is more vast than the whole universe, yet near so that its shelter is real and comforting. It is not made of animal skins like the tabernacle of old, but rather it is a glorious canopy of beauty and splendour, majesty, and authority.
It is the place of love and of intimacy where you may draw close and nestle in the embrace of your God. Stand then in joyful freedom, lift your praises to My throne. Fix your eyes upon the all victorious Lamb, and let gratitude well up within you. By faith walk with Me in the enclosed garden of the King. Drink the royal wine, celebrate and be glad for I am with you.
Even now you are before My throne. Even now you are sheltered with My presence. Even now I am your Shepherd, leading you and giving you springs of living water and bringing you My comfort day by day. And even now I call you to serve Me day and night and even now I desire and bring you close to Me, so close, that you can feel the beating of My heart of love. For you are part of My body in this dark world.
Even now you bring the light of My life within you so that where you go the darkness is dispelled, and even now you take the living water that is within you to the thirsty that they might drink deeply too and come to know Me.
