The Lord Alone Fed Him

Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.

In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.

The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him.

Deuteronomy 32:7-12

When eagles are young, Mom and Dad take care of them. As the eagles get older, Mom and Dad are still there, they just have moved a little further away.

Our vision is limited. God is always with us, we just need to focus back to get the full pictures.

Moses used eagle imagery to describe God. As eagles carry their young, God carries His people. Despite how it may seem, the Lord is close to us. This is true even when we feel abandoned.

Because the Lord is watching over us, we don’t have to fear the dangers around us.

Our Daily Bread – June 5, 2014