Wednesday's Word: Chasah/Hope, Refuge, Trust

 

 

 

According to Strong's Concordance, the meaning of the Hebrew word, chasah,
pronounced, "khaw-saw" is "to have hope, to take refuge, and to trust" in God.

  "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
 I will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
Surely He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome
pestilence. He shall cover thee with His feathers and under His wings shalt
thou trust: His truth shall be Thy shield and buckler."
(Psalm 91:1-4)

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 " He shall cover thee with His feathers and under His wings shalt
thou trust: His truth shall be Thy shield and buckler."

"A condescending simile indeed!  Just as a hen protects her brood and
 allows them to nestle under her wings, so will the Lord defend his people,
and permit them to hide away in Him. 

Have we not seen the little chicks peeping out from under the mother's feathers?
  Have we not heard their little cry of contented joy?  

In this way let us shelter ourselves in God, and feel overflowing peace 
in knowing that He is guarding us.  While the Lord covers us we trust. 

 It would be strange if we did not. How can we distrust when
 Jehovah Himself becomes house and home, refuge and rest, to us?

This done, we go out to war in His name and enjoy the same guardian care.
We need shield and buckler, and when we implicitly trust God, even as
chicks trust the hen, we find His truth arming us from head to foot.

The Lord cannot lie; He must be faithful to His people; 
His promises must stand. This sure truth is all the shield we need. 

 Behind it we defy the fiery darts of the enemy.

Come, my soul, hide under those great wings, lose thyself among
those soft feathers! How happy thou art!" 
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon