37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her young together under her wings, and you were not willing!
God designed mothers after HIS heart. In the creation of man and women, HE designed both male and female after HIS image. And in Matt 23:37 Jesus is saying that He is wanting to take the children of Israel and gathering them under HIS protection just as a hen (mother chicken) does. Mothers reflect God’s heart in the way they love and protect their children.
His care, concern and protection are seen in the word “gathered.” The picture of a hen’s gathering her chickens under her wings is the picture of care and protection. The very purpose of Jesus and the Holy Spirit is to gather and keep a person from wandering around and facing the dangers of the world all alone. And that is what mothers feel and do, gather their children together and protect them.
God wants to give us peace, comfort, hope, security, and salvation; but we must be willing. It is not that God cannot. Is there anything too hard for God to do? And yet God will allow you to reject Him and keep Him at arm's length. Allow God to be our protector. Many times, we are like little chicks who do not respond to the protection that their mother gives them
I thank God for my mother and for the mother of my children. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers this weekend!
JESUS, MOTHERS and HENS!
Matthew 23:37 (LEB)
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her young together under her wings, and you were not willing!
God designed mothers after HIS heart. In the creation of man and women, HE designed both male and female after HIS image. And in Matt 23:37 Jesus is saying that He is wanting to take the children of Israel and gathering them under HIS protection just as a hen (mother chicken) does. Mothers reflect God’s heart in the way they love and protect their children.
His care, concern and protection are seen in the word “gathered.” The picture of a hen’s gathering her chickens under her wings is the picture of care and protection. The very purpose of Jesus and the Holy Spirit is to gather and keep a person from wandering around and facing the dangers of the world all alone. And that is what mothers feel and do, gather their children together and protect them.
God wants to give us peace, comfort, hope, security, and salvation; but we must be willing. It is not that God cannot. Is there anything too hard for God to do? And yet God will allow you to reject Him and keep Him at arm's length. Allow God to be our protector. Many times, we are like little chicks who do not respond to the protection that their mother gives them
I thank God for my mother and for the mother of my children. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers this weekend!