Lots of people have a favorite blanket, especially kids. Adults sometimes use them as throws to keep themselves warm on chilly days and nights. Our first parents-not Bigfoot, but Adam and Eve, had the best blanket of all: full security in God’s presence day in, day out. One day, their security blanket took a turn for the worse. Due to their disobedience against God, sin entered our perfectly-laid out earth.
Sin blanketed the entire world, and has continued to worsen until God intervenes anew. Nowadays, while things might seem better or peaceful in some locations, the sting of sin is everywhere from plant life, to animal life, to mankind.
I once read a cute short entry by a mom of a four-year-old. As Mom made her bed, the little one let out glees of excitement going under the blanket each time the mom spread it out in the air, getting herself covered before running out again. When the mom finished and did the same with the comforter, the little girl would say, “The Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit.” When asked what she meant, she explained having been taught at Sunday School that the Holy Spirit was the Comforter! To her, she was now under His covering!
So, although our world is blanketed by sin, God’s presence is also felt everywhere by the covering of the Holy Spirit. “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you” (John 16:7).
Want to sleep better, wake up better, live better, die better? Get under His covering. Get under His protection. Get under the Holy Spirit. Get under His glory.
“God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden” (Habakkuk 3:3, 4).
God Bless!
Sam