In the Hands of God

January 11, 2016

In the Hands of God

No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

John 10:29b

Sometimes it seems as though the problems of our world are immense. With all of the suffering and death, all of the wars and discord, how can the issues of our life matter to God?

To resolve the issue of my significance to God in this world, I have found it helpful to contrast to amazing truths. The first is in the vastness of the universe. As you look to the night sky, find the North Star (Pole Star) which is 400 light years away from earth. The light you see from the star tonight, left the star 400 years ago, which was about the time the English settled at Jamestown. The universe is indeed vast! What can we do but join the psalmist in singing, “When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place— what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4).

Now consider your hand and focus on a spot the size of a postage stamp. In that one spot there are four yards of nerves, one hundred sweat glands, three feet of blood vessels, and three million assorted cells, all with a unique and essential function contributing to the person you are! What can we do now but again sing with the psalmist, “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it” (Psalm 139:14).

By the way, the psalmist in Psalm 8 answers his own rhetorical question:

what are mere mortals that you should think about them,

                    human beings that you should care for them?

Yet you made them only a little lower than God

                    and crowned them with glory and honor.

Psalm 8:4-5

(Emphasis added)

The God who engineered three million cells into one square inch of my palm speaks: “I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27).

Nope!

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.