How does God feed us? In that great passage from the servant songs in Isaiah, the prophet says, “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young” (Is. 40:11).
Notice that God does not just sling the food at us. It is not simply that we need the food, and He has to give it to us, but it is also true that we need the food brought to us in a certain way. We are His flock, and He feeds us the way a shepherd does. He not only feeds the entire flock, there are some other things He does that are described here.
He gathers the lambs with His arm. And so take note you children, you little ones. The Lord is our shepherd, and this means that He is shepherd of the lambs and not just shepherd of the full grown sheep. He gathers the lambs with His arm. Have you ever wondered if you are old enough to come to this Table? You may be too much of a lamb to come on your own, but no one is too much of a lamb to be carried by Him. How would that argument work? I am too young and too little to be carried. More than this, He will carry to close to His chest.