Fresh Bread # 118
A HAND EXTENDED
A HAND UP
God said in Isaiah
63:5, “I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered
that [there was] none to uphold: therefore Mine own arm brought salvation ….”.
There are many
blessings that come from living alone. One of the best is having time to wait
before our Lord, read His Word, and commune with Him One-on-one.
However, there are
times while sleep is still in our eyes when thoughts run rampant through our
mind: thoughts from the past, present, and future at the same time. That’s
when the Holy Spirit directs us to FOCUS. So we decide to Focus on
JESUS.
In loneliness,
which is normal for us humans, we may think, “If I had a partner to walk beside
me, to take my hand and give me a lift over a current bump in my life, I could
accomplish so much more.” Well, maybe not. You could easily be exactly where
God wants you today.
However, that’s the
way my emotions were running for several days. Not really downcast, but I kept
seeing in my mind, a hand reaching out to take my hand…yet, our hands never
touched.
NOT TO BE
OVERLY RELIGIOUS
In our spirits we
know that it couldn’t be just any hand. Not just any person. If it were a
person, it would be God’s choice or our hands, like our spirits, would not
connect.
There are such earthly connections. Praise God!
But, for those who
wait upon the Lord, I hope this will encourage you.
I HEARD IN MY SPIRIT
I heard in my
spirit, the words from the old song instilled in me from childhood, now
awakened for such a day as this.
♫Place Your Hands in the Nail Scarred Hand.♫
So I did. The Hand
reaching down to me is the most important Hand I will ever connect with. As He
offers His Hand, He encourages us to place our hand in His. It’s an action we
must each take. We have a choice. But He is always available to those who
seek Him with all their heart.
His Hand is always
Available.
Human beings may Come and Go,
But
God’s Hand is Eternal.
It Lifts Us Up and Over
Praise God!
KEEP YOUR HAND IN THE NAIL SCARRED HAND
THE HYMNAL
I went to my piano
and picked up the hymnal and read the words about the Nail-Scarred Hand. May
it encourage some one who is looking for a “Hand Up”.
This song was
written by B. B. McKinney (1886-1952) whose son taught some of us at Baylor.
He was also a man my mother greatly admired. [What divine connections follow
us.]
I’m taking time now
to type the words to this anointed song, because some of you may not have a hymnal
or some may have never heard these precious words. This is what it says:
♫Have you failed
in your plan of your storm-tossed life? Place your hand in the nail-scarred
hand; Are you weary and worn from its toil and strife? Place your hand in the
nail-scarred hand.
Are you walking
alone through the shadows dim? Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand;
Christ will comfort your heart, put your trust in Him, Place your hand in the
nail-scarred hand.
Would you follow
the will of the risen Lord? Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand; Would
you live in the light of His blessed Word? Place your hand in the nail-scarred
hand.
Is your soul
burdened down with its load of sin? Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand;
Throw your heart open wide, let the Savior in, Place your hand in the
nail-scarred hand.
CHORUS: Place your
hand in the nail-scarred hand, Place your hand in the nail-scarred hand; He
will keep to the end, He’s your dearest friend, Place your hand in the
nail-scarred hand.♫
 
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