[00:00:00] Welcome to Faith in Focus from the Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn. As a Man Carries His Son We watched from a mountain ridge as a family of nomads made their way across a barren plain. The father was carrying in his arms his infant son. As a man carries his son, said the teacher, when is it that a man carries his son? When his son is a baby, I replied.
[00:00:29] Yes, and when else? He asked. When his son is too tired to continue walking, or when his son is sick or disabled. And when else? When he holds his son in love, to embrace him. Did you know that it is written in the Scriptures that, As that father is to his infant son, so God is to his people. When the Israelites reached the end of their journeying, Moses told them,
[00:00:57] You saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place. Remember this image, a man carrying his son. It's a picture of God and his people, of God and you. The wilderness journey is a symbol of our journey through this life. So in your journey through this life, there will be times when you'll find yourself too weary to go on.
[00:01:26] It will be then that he will carry you in his arms. And there will be times when you find yourself with infirmities, wounds, disabling wounds, brokenness, and in some way unable to go on. It is then that he will carry you. And when you find yourself in the valley, in the lowest times of your life, unable to raise yourself,
[00:01:51] It will be then that his hand will grab hold of yours and lift you up. And when you feel alone and abandoned, it will be then that the arms of your father will hold you and embrace you. You will not see his arms with your eyes, and only sometimes will you feel them. But they will be there surrounding you, lifting you up, keeping you, protecting you, holding you, carrying you, always.
[00:02:21] We were quiet as we watched the family make its way across the plain. And there's one other time, he said, when a man will carry his son, when his son has died. And so when you close your eyes for the last time in this life, the arms of your father will once more hold you and bring you from this wilderness into the promised land, as tenderly and as lovingly as a man carries his son.
[00:02:51] The mission. Thank God for the times in your life when you couldn't go on, but God carried you. Let those same arms carry you and your burdens now. Deuteronomy 1.31 B.S.B. And in the wilderness, where the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you travelled, until you reached this place.
[00:03:18] Song of Solomon 8.5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree. There your mother conceived you. There she travailed and brought you forth. Isaiah 40.11
[00:03:55] Isaiah 46.3-4
[00:04:24] John 10.27-29 My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my Father's hand, as a man carries his son.
[00:04:52] Thank you for joining me on Faith in Focus. Remember, these insights are inspired by Jonathan Cahn's The Book of Mysteries. Until next time, may you find strength in the revelation of his love. You know it is the same way, though there's no doubt. It is a man who wants to trigger the man. John 11.7-18 Thank you.