The Hand Of God!

We often hear about the ‘Hand of God’! The hands we pierced even though he came in peace to save this world and save us sinners. So what really does the ‘Hand of God’ mean or rather ‘Do’.

For hands were meant to do things. Thats how we always perceived hands. And these are not human hands but the divine omnipotent hands of God! Hold his hand and he will lead you. The truth is once you trust him it is not how tight you hold his hand- It is how firmly and tightly.  He holds your hand. He will not let go of you at any time. Thats a true father’s hand- it loves you, guides you, disciplines you, protects you, blesses you! Once you are in His hands you can be at peace and rest assured the he who watches over you will not slumber nor sleep!!

The Hand of God Rules! Of all the attributes, it is the sovereign nature of God that makes his hand all powerful and can fulfil all the promises he has given to us- He rules. he is the King of Kings. So what he says will come to pass. And when that hand is on your side you are in the shadow of a great King!

• Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.1 Peter 3:22
• But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”Luke 22:69 
• And said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.2 Chronicles 20:6 

The Hand of God Creates Although we learn from the scriptures God breathed or spoke this world into being, we often refer to creation as his ‘Handiwork”. There is nothing that is that was not made by His hands. So all things are from Him and For Him. Further we should be in awe of this awesome creative power of God…for His hand makes and therefor can also destroy!

• My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.Isaiah 48:13
• All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.Isaiah 66:2 
• Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?Isaiah 40:12
• When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,Psalm 8:3

The Hand of God is Just! God is infinitely merciful and loving and yet infinitely Just. Thats God! He can do all things and be all things. So we should fear and tremble and not to grieve the heart of God! He delivers swift and impartial justice. An he can do that without any compromise to his forgiveness- that was the purpose behind the whole design of the redemptive magnificence of ‘Christ Crucified’.

• “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.Jeremiah 18:6
• But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.Ecclesiastes 9:1
• But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”Exodus 6:1 
• It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Hebrews 10:31

The Hand of God Guides you The Lord is our Sheperd. His rod and staff guide us and comfort us. He knows all things and sees all things and hence is the most perfect guide anyone can have. Who has ever been able to counsel our lord or who has wisdom more than Him?

• I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.Psalm 16:8-11
• Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.Psalm 139:10
• You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.Psalm 139: 5-6

The Hand of God Loves you We love because God loved us first. His love is the most perfect and purest form of Love. A love that sacrifices all things…even His Son for us sinners. His Love is complete and never ending. Once we are in love with Him, his hand holds us so firm and yet so gentle that No one can snatch us from Him…in fact the Bible describes this as a jealous love of God…

• My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.Psalm 63:8
• You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.Psalm 18:35 
• I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.John 10:28

The hand of God cares for you We are healed by the stripes of His wounds. His hand heals, cares, considers, helps in all situations and in all troubles we face. There is no temptation he lets us face for which he has not either prepared us or shown a way out. Cast all your worries and anxieties at His feet. Fo is this not what he said to us- Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)

• Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.1 Peter 5:6-7 
• And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Matthew 8:3
• For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.2 Corinthians 5:1

The hand of God protects you! He protects us fiercely and fearlessly. He is friend who is wiling to give His life for us. He is our refuge and our fortress. he is the rock on which we can confidently build our lives and our families.  with confidence we can say- If God is for us who can be against us! It is better to take refuge in God than man.

• Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

• You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.Psalm 89:13

• Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.Psalm 138:7 
• My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!Psalm 31:15

The Hand of God Blesses you And finally for all the above reasons the Hand of God is the hand that blesses you. All thing spiritual comes from Him and he has sealed us with the Holy Spirit as guarantee of his blessings. Hence we can gladly say- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places… there is not a single blessing that is not ours in Christ.

• Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly, the right hand of the Lord exalts, the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”Psalm 118:15-16
• There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,Ecclesiastes 2:24
• Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.1 Chronicles 4:10