FAITH CAPSULE: The hand of God is all you need.
Ezra 7
The pages of the Bible testify that Jesus is on the right hand of God.
Mark 16:19 records, “So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.”
At the time of the martyred of Stephen for his faith, the Bible records, “But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” (Acts 7:55-56)
1 Peter 3:22 documented, “who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.”
Jesus is at the right hand of God tells the truth that one that accepts Jesus does have access to the right hand of God.
Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and savior living by the Word of God?
Take note that it was with the living Word that God created all. John 1:1-3 documents, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” By the word of God, Jesus (the Word of God) at the right hand of God, is what gives life.
Jesus came from His right hand to give life to every living, with understanding, call in the Jesus name, asking God to open His right hand for you.
The Psalmist understands and knows what is occupying the hand of God by stating, “You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.” (Psalm 145:16) With your understanding, specifically, pray in the name of Jesus, for the right hand of God to open for you, satisfying your desire.
With the expectation to experience the hand of God, meditate the hand of God as the Bible identifies:
In the hand of God, there is deliverance. It was with His mighty and outstretched hand that brought the children of Israel from the slavery of over four hundred years (Deuteronomy 5:15).
The hand of God, when it comes upon one, it will help just as it helped in the days of the Old Testament.
Ezra testifies the hand of God as the agent of granting every request during their time of rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 7:6)
Ezra also testifies to the hand of God as good when they were able to get to Jerusalem. (Ezra 7:9)
Ezra 7:28 also states, “…So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me…”
Ezra repeatedly testifies the hand of God as states in Ezra 8:31, “And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.” What would one do without the hand of God in life?
As a believer, look up for the hand of God, call in the name of Jesus that occupies the right hand of God to take charge of your direction, deliverance, and preservation.
Prayer for today: Ask for the hand of God over your life.