THE TANGIBLE HAND

“Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful and fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord…Psalm 31:23-24.”

Many of the religions of the world say one must do something to be saved. Good works, prayers, reading the Scriptures, baptism, and on and on. All of these things are good, and should not be ignored, but the only thing our Lord requires of us is to choose Him! In the above Scripture, He asks us to love and trust Him. Sometimes I am good at that, and other times, I fall short.

Most of the time, we humans want tangible things. Things we can see or hold in our hands. Faith is not tangible, and so therefore many people say they can’t believe in the intangible. However, if I reflect back on my life, I see the tangible hand of the Lord. I see His protection, His faithfulness and His unfailing mercy. Even when I find it difficult to love and trust Him, He remains faithful to me! What an awesome God He is!

We all go through dark days, but keeping our eyes fixed on Him, no matter what our human eyes see, requires resolve. Resolve to trust Him! Knowing how much He loves us and that He lives in us, removes some of the sting of those dark days.

Years ago, I heard a sermon about praising God in the bad times. I have never forgotten that, because when we do that, the sad in us, gets glad in us! What is happening there is we are taking our minds off of ourselves and focusing on or choosing God! You can’t be sad, angry or mad when one praises our Heavenly Father!

We will all experience joy and sadness that is a fact. It is also a fact that our Heavenly Father will be faithful to us, no matter what the situation is. He wants us to turn to Him, to choose Him, and to be honest with Him. He knows what we are thinking and feeling anyway.

There may be times when we feel like He is unaware of our circumstances. But He is never unaware of what is happening with us! Why? Because His love is unending and unconditional!!!!!!! In addition, we CANNOT depend on our feelings. They are like the wind, they come and they go. If we believe, as the Scripture says, that He does live in us, we will know He IS there!

Bottom line, our hope is in the Lord, now and always. This message is speaking to me, and I hope it speaks to you. I love you all with the love of the Lord, and pray we all will choose Him more, and in every circumstance of our lives! Choose him in the sad and the glad times! After all, He is there anyway, whether we choose him or not! Praise God forever and ever for His faithfulness!