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In the Shadow Brother David Green

To be in God’s shadow indicates protection. Divine love will never forsake the ob-
jects of its affection and refuse or fail to provide for their wants and needs in due time.

Eternally, the shadow of God’s wings covers His elect with the heavenly dignity of
the Son and places them within the veil before the Mercy Seat before the presence of
God! As the sacrificial Lamb, He cleanses them of their sins and sanctifies them
through the offering of His body once for all! As Prophet, he secured the promises of

their inheritance, even that of the Gentiles, now and hereafter. Through His heavenly
office as the Great High Priest, He makes His people priests unto God! And as King,
He rules and reigns over His enemies and, therefore, those of His people’s as well.

The Almighty is a covert from calamities now, upon the earth, for there shall be none
in heaven. That Divine shadow is cast for the refuge of His saints which they need
daily and oftentimes desperately! We are given the lesson of this truth from the expe-
riences of David’s life as displayed in our text and throughout his writings. How well

the Psalmist knew of dangers and distresses. He typified his Redeemer not only from
his lineage and the likeness of his heart to God, but also as a man acquainted with
grief and sorrows. From David’s youth, he was left alone to face the Philistine giant
when no other man was found to champion for the God of Israel. Then, for years he

feared for his life which was threatened first by King Saul and later by his own son
Absolom. In addition to the dangers of life, David fought another giant, that of
‘misery’ of his spirit because of personal sins and the sufferings which accompanied
them. The dangers and distresses of life and soul were many and profound. But oh,

hear the pitiful cries of the child overwhelmed with grief, “Be merciful unto me , O
God, be merciful unto me…”(verse 1); and the Lord covered David and delivered him
from all his terrible trials. Now, the troubled soul is moved from desperate cries to
exultations, “I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for

me. He shall send from heaven, and save me…Be thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth” (verses 2, 3, 5). While life lasts we, just
as David, shall always have reason to be crying to the Lord for His mercies. Yea, noth-
ing but the merciful provisions of God can protect us from human malice, personal

vindictiveness, legal injustice, sin in our life, or despair in death.