GOD’S GLORIOUS HAND
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.” (Exodus 15:6)
“Then he (David) took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones” (1 Samuel 17:40) – GOD’S RIGHT HAND
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying (building up) of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-12)- GOD’S RIGHT HAND
“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! – shall the clay say to Him that fashioneth it, What makest Thou? Or Thy work, He hath no hands?” (Isa. 45:9). How often have we grumbled, mumbled, complained and fumed, saying in effect “HE HATH NO HANDS.” No, you don’t actually look heavenward and ask, “God, did someone amputate Your hands?” But what we do is view all the tests and situations around us as if God was not in control of them. In this nitty-gritty of everyday living do we actually believe that HE IS “working all things after the counsel of His own will”? (Eph. 1:11). Or, by our carnal thinking and complaining do we actually suppose that He hath no hands? When we learn to see the hand of God in all that touches our life, it will change our whole attitude of His ways and workings.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God……… (Ephesians 4:13)
II Chron. 30:12, “Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.” There is a religious movement that would try to bring everyone into oneness with Babylon’s system. Praise God, in contradistinction to this, THE HAND OF GOD is bringing His Judah (literally, His praise people, those who praise Him IN and FOR all things), into oneness with Himself, they are becoming of one heart to do the law – the will of God.
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message (messengers), 21 THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me” (John 17:21-22) – JESUS PRAYER
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (Ephesian 4:3-6)
Ezra 7:28, “And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me.” All of the processings of the Lord, all of the inworkings of His grace, including His disciplines, judgments, and purgings – all are to one end, that we might be strengthened, built up in Him. “The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” (Daniel 11:32).
“……built up unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13)
His hand is glorious, and by His hand He is bringing forth a glorious people, strong, victorious in His victory. “That Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” (I Chron. 4:10). Amen!