This aspect of God is only described in three verses in the Old Testament
Gen 1:2
And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Deu 32:11
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Jer 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
Gen 1:2
And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Deu 32:11
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Jer 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
In Gen 1:1 the Spirit of God was MOVING over the waters
In Deu 32:11 A mother eagle prepares herself by FLUTTERING over her young
In Jer 23:9 A prophet becomes drunk in the Spirit: ...all his bones SHOOK...
So what can we learn from these three verses about our hovering, fluttering, and shaking God?
As I was pondering these verses I had an image of warriors in the desert calling in a rescue after a fierce battle and a Chinook helicopter came into land. Can you imagine that? This isn't the gentle hovering of a butterfly or hummingbird? This is the extreme downdraft of a massive military helicopter. Whilst the soldiers are safe, the ground around them is kicked up to such an extent that only when all the loose ground around them had been blown away and the helicopter touched down did they climb aboard the helicopter. And then the massive engines of the chinook kicked up the dust again
God is hovering over your situation right now. He is preparing to land, to carry you to safety. To shake the ground beneath you to such an extent that all the looseness of the situation or circumstance you are in will be shaken and He will carry you to a new place. It will be as though your natural sense of your surroundings is blotted out and all you will see is the guiding hand of the Lord.
You will lose the sense of the importance of the situation you are in you will be like the proverbial drunk man you won't care what others think, You will be like Superman possessing supernatural strength.
Amen
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