In Ukraine people are currently seeking shelter from the hailstone bombs that are hitting hard. Fear is lingering. Uncertainty is the new normal. Hearts are racing and little ones are frightened as their parents desperately try to convey the current situation in the best way they possibly can, having to deal with their own set of emotions behind the mask of keeping it all together. You see friends, we are all in a war. A war that has been declared centuries ago. We all have the desire to hide in a shelter, away from the fiery arrows that fly around. The need for safety and security is a basic human need, and our hearts are yearning for that place of safety.
Isn’t it profound, that out of all the metaphors Yeshua could have used, He decided to say, “I go to prepare a place for you!”
A place of shalom.
A place of rest.
A place of abundance, of provision.
A place of safety.
He knows the desires we have for green pastures and quiet waters.
A Poem for Sukkot
You go to prepare a place
A place to meet
Meet face to face
To dwell and to hide
A home in which to abide
Under Your shadow and in Your Light
A site to gain Godly insight
To see the way that You see
To know life’s fragility
In light of
The present is faulty
Is fleeting
But it cannot compare
To the mysterious completing
Of the end of this age
When He’ll turn a new page
To a perfect, perfect home
Where there will be perfect shalom
No more tears
Or fears
Only JOY and gladness
Far away from this world’s madness
Oh, what a heritage?
One without any shortage
Not built with human hands
Not found on sinking sand
Those who’ll inherit
Are those who are meek
Those who will find
Are those who wholeheartedly seek
Drinking living waters
From Your rivers
From Your wells
For all of my days
I will dwell
Beloved, may this feast of Sukkot, remind your entire being that He is surely preparing an eternal place for you. Yet, even now, may we enter His rest. May you be reminded to remain under the shadow of His wings.
In Him we live
And move
And have our being
Shalom
Carmen Tehillah
PS. This poem originally featured in this blogpost: https://www.zadoak.com/post/in-the-secret-place
Let us also continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine as the tension is increasing at an alarming rate. May they find shelter under the wings of the Most High.
Here is our playlist for some Sukkot worship: https://youtube.com/playlist? list=PLT-0DN3YdazdQ9uIjhNwB1R0mpnZX-GmE
This is the third poem in our poetry series. We felt Abba Father leading us to invite His Beloveds to His table with Poetry centred around His Kingdom, His Character and His Word. If you are led by the Spirit to submit a poem that we will consider posting, you can kindly do so by sending the poem with it’s title and Scriptures that goes with it to [email protected]
