Thursday, May 12, 2011

Dwelling between the shoulders of God!

Deuteronomy 33:12- (NKJV) Of Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him, Who shelters him all the day long; And he shall dwell between His shoulders."

Moses is about to die. In this chapter he invokes blessings upon each of the tribes of Israel.  Verse 12 is my favorite verse in this chapter.  I began to research out this verse and I loved the picture one commentator painted the picture of riding "piggyback" on God's shoulders.  Imagine that!  After reading that I began to think back on my childhood.  We would go on vacations each summer and usually it involved amusement parks.  By the end of the day I would be so tired.  When I became tired I would hop on my dad's back.  He carried me piggyback.  That took the load off of me and placed it all on him.  All I had to do was hang on.  It was my father that had to bear all my weight.

Friend, do you realize that is what God offers us?  He says "rest between my shoulders"  He takes on all our weight, all we have to do is hang on!

I have to remind myself of that a lot these days.....it's an offer you really can't refuse, yet so often, we carry our burdens and never take God up on that offer.  He is waiting for you, hop on.  If He carried the weight of the world on His shoulders, surely He can carry you and me!


To God be the glory