Shadow

 

“The Lord watches over you — the Lord is your shade at your right hand” (Ps. 121:5, NIV).

My husband, Israel, read the above verse during our Sunday service this week. Only, of course he read it in Spanish (we live in Iquitos, Peru). Holy Spirit drew my attention to the word “shade,” which in Spanish is sombra. Interestingly, the same word also means “shadow” in Spanish. I guess that makes sense, right? Shadow and shade are basically the same thing.

Immediately, Holy Spirit brought this story to mind and connected it with the verse Israel had just read: “As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed” (Acts 5:15-16, NIV, bold emphasis mine).

What a fascinating parallel! In Psalms, God’s shadow is a vehicle of relief. In Acts, Peter’s shadow was a vehicle of relief. What does this speak to us?

To look into it further, let’s chew on the idea of shadow and shade. Our shadow reveals Continue reading God’s Shadow, Your Shadow