“For I Jehovah thy God will hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee, Fear not.” Isaiah 41:13
To know God in the close relationship of "our Father"
who supplies our needs is one thing. To know him as God the Father eternal, the
source and originator of everything, is something more. We have to learn that
nothing can hinder God and nothing can help him. He is almighty.
Before he provides us with the gifts of his grace, our
hands are empty. After he has done so, they are full and our hearts are filled
with praise. But a day comes when God reaches out his hand to take ours in
friendship. Then we need an empty hand to put into his. The question is, Do we
have one? What of the gifts we received from him? Have we been nursing them to
ourselves?
Are we too occupied with the spiritual provisions—the
"our Father" daily bread—to put them down and have a hand free for
him? Let go the gift and the experience as things in themselves, and hold to
God. They can be done without: God himself is indispensable.
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