For all the Benjamins

“The beloved of the Lord shall rest securely & safely in Him, for He shields & shelters him all day long & the one the Lord loves shall dwell between His shoulders.” Deuteronomy 32: 12

This is a prophecy for Benjamin, you can read his story in Genesis 35:16-19. 

All this has inspired the following post:

June 28, 2011

From the beginning, Benjamin had life hard.  His birth gave way to his mother’s death. But, the way things started is not how things ended for good ol’ Benja.  You see, his dad changed his name. Instead of being “a son of sorrow,” he became “a son of my right hand.” Instead of pain, his Father brought him close to a place of intimacy, favor, grace.

Isn’t that what we all want? We don’t want to be failures, disappointments.  Because of Jesus, we have, all of us, become Benjamins.

Favored.

Brought close.

Invited inside; into the heart of our Father.  Daddy promises us we are beloved, we will be safe, we will be close to Him. 

We are resting between His shoulders. We beg, “Daddy pick me up! I wanna see!” And just like that, He comes in & swoops us off our feet placing us between His shoulders.  With our arms around His neck, we can feel the rumble of His laughter as He shows us things we have never seen, heard or anticipated.  Things so much better than our finest dreams.  What we’ve been hoping for all our lives has come true. 

But it’s not in the things He shows us that we are satisfied. No, it’s not where we are or what we are doing, but rather who we’re with. It’s our position with our Dad. It’s being with Him that we have our blessed longing fulfilled.  We are content here with our Dad & it is enough.