Freezing rain mixed with snow was falling as I was walking home from the drugstore yesterday. It wasn't raining or snowing hard, just enough to be uncomfortable. A friend was driving by and offered me a lift home. I gratefully accepted the ride even though I was nearly home. It was nice to be covered in and protected from the elements.

There are many times in life when being under cover is important. Protection from the elements is one. A hunter will quickly share with you the benefits of being under cover when hunting. A soldier understands the importance of being under cover. As children we're under the cover of our parent's protection. As citizens we should be under the cover of our country's legislation.

There are a number of delightful examples of being under cover in Scripture.

When the floods came Noah was under the cover of the ark. Noah built the ark as commanded by God, but it was God who closed it up and left Noah and his family in protective custody.

On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in. Genesis 7:13-16 NIV

Noah and his family were under God's protective cover for the duration of the flood.

The Ark of the Testimony had an atonement cover, protected by two cherubim. It was there that God met with Moses.

"Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. Exodus 25:17-22 NIV

The Ark of the Testimony was placed in the Holy of Holies and shielded behind a curtain.

"Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled craftsman. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Put the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place Exodus 26:31-34 NIV

The curtain provided cover for people in the tabernacle. Only the high priest was allowed to enter into the Most Holy Place, anyone else who did so would die.

After Christ came, was crucified and resurrected, our sins were washed away and hidden under the cover of Jesus' blood

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7 NIV

As God's children, we're under a cover of protection against the enemy.

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 NIV

Whatever you are facing today, remember that you are under the cover of God's mighty and merciful hand.

Until next time, rejoice in being safely undercover.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah (Praise God)!

Kevin

http://gleaningsfromtheword.com/

Once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you can live in victory.

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57 NIV

Are you tired of fighting the world on your own? Are you feeling battered and discouraged? Perhaps it is time for you to get under the cover of God's protective hand.