The Hand of God

The Hand of God John 10:29

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

9:42 AM

The hand of God is a marvelous thing. It use used figuratively in the Bible in various ways. Nave's Topical Bible makes the list of the "Anthropomorphic use of The hand of the Lord"[1]

God's Hand:

Is not limited -

Numbers 11:23 (KJV)

23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Is mighty -

Joshua 4:24 (KJV)

24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

Was heavy -

1 Samuel 5:6 (KJV)

6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

Was against the Philistines -

1 Samuel 7:13 (KJV)

13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

Was on Elijah -

1 Kings 18:46 (KJV)

46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Has unlimited power -

Isaiah 59:1 (KJV)

1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Was with the early Christians -

Acts 11:21 (KJV)

21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

One of my favorite scriptures on the hand of God is found in

Isaiah 40:12 (KJV)

12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Think about this rehtorical question from the Prophet Isaiah. "Who hath measured the waters…" It is possible to get at least a rough estimate of how much water there is on the planet. Marine Biologist have said there is something like 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons (326 million trillion gallons)

There is probabbly more than that but however much there is, God has measured them,

But Isiah doesn't stop there - God has measured them in His Hand. Not hands but HAND.

• “Have you ever wondered how Big God’s hand

He has measured the 7 seas in the hallow of his hand, and yet he can also rest every saint of God in the hallow of his hand. “

He measures the heaven - a seemingly endless infinity of blackness and space - with the span of his hand. Again not hands but span.) - No wonder the Psalmist declared

Psalm 89:13 (KJV)

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Psalm 98:1 (KJV)

1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. This shows us how big God is. The songwriter wrote,

Bigger than all my problems;

Bigger than all my fears;

God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see

Bigger than all my questions

Bigger than anything

God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.

Jesus is telling us in John 10:28-29 that we as God's children are in his hand, and no one can pluck or take us out. We are sheltered in not just the arm of God but the hand of God.

Look at the lilies of the field they don't toil nor spin but God takes care of them

Look at the sparrow they don't plant or sow - but God sees when even one of them falls to the ground

HOW MUCH MORE IS HE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

What a comfort to know.

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[M] Orville Nave, “HAND,” in Nave's Topical Bible: A Digest of The Holy Sciptures, (New York: Topical Bible Publishing Co., 1896), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "HAND".