The Hand of the Lord

 2 Samuel 4-5; Psalms 139; Matthew 16 

“You hem me in – behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there you hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”

Psalm 139:5-7, 9, 10

It is a wonderful, humbling, and awesome experience to have the hand of the Lord upon our lives. Submitting to God’s hand, expressed in the weight of the Holy Spirit’s presence in us and upon us, is our greatest gift to God. The cost of this full surrender is the Lord “hemming” us in. We now obey the slightest promptings of the Holy Spirit. We are both protected and constrained by God’s hand on our lives; with the birth of the Church of Pentecost, this amazing experience of the physical presence of the Lord, in and upon our lives, is now available to all who respond to the gospel.

Are we aware of God’s hand on our life? 

Are we cooperating, yielding, and obeying the Spirit of God in our lives?

“Lord Jesus, fill me again this day with your Spirit, for your glory.”