Basic Math and Very Big Hands

July 21, 2011 at 6:32 pm (About Sin, Assurance, Devotional Thoughts., Forgiveness, Grace, Life, Lighter Burdens., Mercy, Our Unchanging God, Patience, Peace, Resting, Restoration, Salvation, Sins, Sovereignty of God, Transformation., Trusting, When you are afraid, When You Feel Like Crying., Wisdom)

Originally posted on January 12, 2010 at 3:23 am

Scripture References;

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew11:28-30 HCSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  According to His great mercy,He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable,  uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven  for you, who are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.  1Peter 1:3-5KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Romans 8:28-30 KJV

⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)⁶And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:⁷That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  ⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:4-10 KJV

⁶But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)⁷Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)⁸But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Romans 10:6-11KJV

I have noticed that it is our tendency to focus on subtractions when we really should be focusing on additions. We rob ourselves of so much.

We have each of our hands so full of unsatisfying things, and we dare not reach out for better things for fear of dropping the stuff we have been clinging to for so long.

Then again, we can have some precious things already in our possession, yet we can be tempted to exchange them for inferior things, that “appear” to be superior.

Many of the the things that I was referring to above were “intangible” things. We hold on to fears, worries, ambition, illusions of control we think we have or can get; even memories of wrongs that others have done to us and wrongs we have done to others, but Jesus longs for us to know Him as Savior and Lord, longs for us to let go of those things in exchange for peace, assurance, joy, contentment, rest… things that will lift us up. (Matthew 11:28-30)

And finally we can have some very precious things that will never be lost, even when we are foolish enough to forget their value, because although they might be ours, they are not held in our hands. They are in The Lord’s hands, and that is why they are called “Eternal Things”. His hands are very, very, big; so big that there is always room for more. He drops nothing.

Can you remember ever getting a very special gift when you were little?  Maybe your parents understood how valuable it was, and knew that if you were allowed to play with it you would either break it or lose it, so they put it up for a day when you were older. Our salvation is like that. It is protected by God’s power…not our own. If it depended even in the tiniest part on our power, through the daily exercising of our own free will, no one would be able to keep from losing it. (1 Peter 1:3-5)

Wouldn’t you like to be in his hand? Are your hands really all that great? Don’t they get tired and sore sometimes from trying to grasp things that can only be grasped by the Lord? Believe Him. Call out to Him. Receive Him.

Have you already received Him? If you answered “Yes.” … then “Rest” in Him. Rest in the salvation the Lord has provided for all who have ever placed their faith in Him, for all who have ever called on Him. Rest in the fact that that “He” is the one that “keeps you saved“! You really have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

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Rock of Ages Cleft For Me by Augustus Toplady

Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.

Not the labor of my hands
can fulfill thy law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly;
wash me, Savior, or I die. 

While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyelids close in death,
when I soar through tracts unknown
see thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.

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