Meditating on Psalm 73's phrase "...thou hast holden me by my right hand."
"I never felt secure when I took Jesus by the hand." An older gentleman at church approached me with these words Sunday night. This gentleman is always giving out mystical "theological" riddles to which he wants some type of reaction or response. When he threw this one at me I almost tried to avoid him, but this time what he said made more sense than normal.
He proceeded to give the following illustration: "A child never takes a mothers hand without being asked to do so. The mother has to take the child's hand when trouble comes. "If we are holding Jesus' hand", he continued, "...we will let go when approaching difficulties. But, if He is holding our hand we can be sure that He is walking with us through the trials! We can face anyone and anything with our hand securely in His."
I think that Asaph had this in mind when he penned the words of Psalm 73:23. Take my hand Father!
"I never felt secure when I took Jesus by the hand." An older gentleman at church approached me with these words Sunday night. This gentleman is always giving out mystical "theological" riddles to which he wants some type of reaction or response. When he threw this one at me I almost tried to avoid him, but this time what he said made more sense than normal.
He proceeded to give the following illustration: "A child never takes a mothers hand without being asked to do so. The mother has to take the child's hand when trouble comes. "If we are holding Jesus' hand", he continued, "...we will let go when approaching difficulties. But, if He is holding our hand we can be sure that He is walking with us through the trials! We can face anyone and anything with our hand securely in His."
I think that Asaph had this in mind when he penned the words of Psalm 73:23. Take my hand Father!
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