There is no doubt that we are in good hands if we are in God’s hands! To be in the hands of God is to be in the greatest hands of all because God who created us, also redeemed us, and holds both our present and our future! (John 10:22-30)
Commercial: The Allstate Insurance Company has a captivating slogan that you have probably seen many times in TV commercials: “You’re in good hands with Allstate”.
Truth: “You Are In Good Hands With God”
There is no doubt that we are in good hands if we are in God’s hands! To be in the hands of God is to be in the greatest hands of all because God who created us, also redeemed us, and holds both our present and our future! Nobody else can do that!
There is no safer place to be than in the hands of our Lord. There is also no place more dangerous than to be out of God’s hand. To be out of the Lord’s hands is to take one’s life in one’s own hand:
1) Self-defeating: Martin Luther described this “taking one’s life in his or her own hands” as a defeat: “Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing”. (“A Might Fortress Is Our God”)
2) Catastrophically Clueless: How can a sheep be his or her own shepherd? Only a shepherd knows the way to get the sheep to safety.
3) Accolades versus authenticity: A famous actor was once the guest of honor at a social gathering where he received many requests to recite favorite excerpts from various literary works. An old preacher who happened to be there asked the actor to recite the twenty-third Psalm. The actor agreed on the condition that the preacher would also recite it. The actor’s recitation was beautifully intoned with great dramatic emphasis for which he received lengthy applause. The preacher’s voice was rough and broken from many years of preaching, and his diction was anything but polished. But when he finished there was not a dry eye in the room. When someone asked the actor what made the difference, he replied “I know the psalm, but he knows the Shepherd.” Again, only a shepherd knows the way to get the sheep to safety. There is no safety apart from the Shepherd!
WOMEN HALLOWED IN PRAYER …… LET US REMAIN STEADFAST IN HIS HANDS!
Monthly scripture for June: “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV