FAITH CAPSULE: The hand of God is mighty and outstretched for deliverance and preservation.
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 martyr 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 documents, “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 and 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?
One that accepts Jesus is with Jesus with access to the right hand of God.
Jesus came from His right hand to give life to everyone with understanding and knowledge to give self to the word of God.
The Psalmist understands and knows 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 for the right hand of God to open for you to be living with satisfaction in Him.
With the expectation to experience the hand of God, meditate on the hand of God as the Bible identifies:
In the hand of God, there is deliverance.
The hand of God is mighty and outstretched that delivered the children of Israel from slavery for over four hundred years (Deuteronomy 5:15).
The hand of God, when it comes upon one, 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 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 stated 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, let it become your way of life, looking up to the God for His hand that is able for deliverance and preservation, that takes charge of your direction all the days He has given you.
Prayer for today: Ask for the hand of God over your life.