Read : Psalm 139:1-12
Your right hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. - Psalm 139:10
In a Christmas Address to the people of the British Empire in 1939, King George VI spoke of his faith in God's leading. World War II had begun, and Great Britain faced the onslaughts of Hitler's barrage. The King concluded his remarks with lines written by Minnie Louise Haskins some 30 years earlier : "And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year : 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown'. And he replied: 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better thatn light and safer than a known way.' "
Like Great Britain in 1939, each of us faces a future whose trademark is change, perhaps with foreboding circumstances. But we have Someone to guide us even in the darkest night. That's why the psalmist could say, "Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me."
Life holds no surprises for God. No path is unknown to Him - no circumstances unsettling. Because the future is perfectly clear to our Father, Christians have the full assurance that we can follow where God leads, whether the way is marked by calm or storm.
We can confidently put our hand in God's. He forgives the past, controls the present, holds the future. - Paul Van Gorder
Those who see God's hand in everything can best leave everything in God's hand.
Your right hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. - Psalm 139:10
In a Christmas Address to the people of the British Empire in 1939, King George VI spoke of his faith in God's leading. World War II had begun, and Great Britain faced the onslaughts of Hitler's barrage. The King concluded his remarks with lines written by Minnie Louise Haskins some 30 years earlier : "And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year : 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown'. And he replied: 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better thatn light and safer than a known way.' "
Like Great Britain in 1939, each of us faces a future whose trademark is change, perhaps with foreboding circumstances. But we have Someone to guide us even in the darkest night. That's why the psalmist could say, "Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me."
Life holds no surprises for God. No path is unknown to Him - no circumstances unsettling. Because the future is perfectly clear to our Father, Christians have the full assurance that we can follow where God leads, whether the way is marked by calm or storm.
We can confidently put our hand in God's. He forgives the past, controls the present, holds the future. - Paul Van Gorder
I may not always understand
The way that You will lead,
But, Lord, in faith I'll clasp Your hand
And trust You for each need. - Dean
Those who see God's hand in everything can best leave everything in God's hand.
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