Psalms 55:6

Psalms 55:6

I. Don't spend your time in wishing for wings, or for anything else that is impossible. Not that there is anything wrong in a wish, unless we wish for what is wrong. Wishes will come flying into our minds, as little birds sometimes hop in at an open window. But do not pet, and feed, and fondle them. Let them fly away again. Wishing is profitless work, even for possible things.

II. God gave David something much better than wings. Read vers. 16, 17, 22, of Psalm lv., and look at the last six words of ver. 23, and you will see how this was. Often God denies our wishes that He may give us something better than we ask or think. The Lord Jesus needed no wings to fly up to heaven. And we need no wings to get near enough to Him to talk to Him. Ask Him to help you to use your hands and feet in His service. Love to Him will be better than the winged shoes you read of in the old Greek fables. It will make your feet swift and your hands nimble for every duty and every kindness.

E. R. Conder, Drops and Rocks,p. 120.

References: Psalms 55:6. Homiletic Magazine,vol. xi., p. 12; W. Wilkinson, Thursday Penny Pulpit,p. 1 vol. iii., p. 301; G. Dawson, Sermons on Daily Lifeand Duty.