Song lyrics ...

Was at Frenzy last week thanks to the kindness of a friend. Saw the band Leeland for the first time, and a line they sung really stuck in my mind. It's kept coming back to me throughout today. The line is this:

Let Your wings cover us with the promise for communion.

Great lyrics. But what does it mean for God to cover us with His wings, to promise us communion?

Immediately into my mind springs the images of bread and wine - what we refer to as communion. Symbols that remind us we are covered by the blood of Jesus, that we have the promise of forgiveness and the gift of new life. The bread and wine - symbols of promise.

Yet communion has another meaning. In the dictionary communion is also defined as being about intimate communication, the sharing of thoughts and emotions, fellowship. Psalm 91 talks eloquently of this kind of communion:

"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
This I will declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him ...
He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armour and protection."
Psalm 91:1-2,4 (NLT)

In the NIV it talks of finding shelter in the Almighty when the Lord becomes your dwelling place. About God being both refuge and fortress, covering us with His feathers and giving us protection under His wings, so that He becomes our shield and rampart. What great images shield and rampart are, and what a picture being covered by God's feathers and protected under His wings paints. This is intimate fellowship. This is deep communication. This is what God desires and what I desire also.

So Lord, let your wings cover us with the promise of communion.
Let Your wings cover me with Your promise of communion.