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Psalm 31:15

“My times are in Your Hand. Rescue me…”

At conception, our lives have a beginning here on earth. We also have an ending, the moment our physical bodies die. And so it is, that God has our “times” in His Hands. Each moment, every breath and heartbeat of each and every day are known to Him. The Lord God sees the end from the beginning as He stands outside time in eternity. Only He knows what each day will bring. He alone knows our lives with absolute certainty, intimacy, and understanding.

God know that we need Him if we hope to become fully human. He knows and wants us to understand that we are not sufficient in ourselves to think of anything as having come from ourselves. Innate gifts, talents and abilities have been given to us by God. He is the One who gives us time for those things to develop and flourish. Understanding that “our times” are in His Hands, rather than somehow feel like we are a burden to God, we can let go, trust in Him completely for each day, each moment, today and what lies ahead in the future. As Peter wrote, “Cast you cares upon Him, for He cares for you.”

As a branch draws all of its life from the vine it is attached to, in the same way, Jesus wants us to realize that it is by His doing that we “bide” in Him. We make our home, our place of abiding in Him because He has united us to Himself and it is by His life within us that we are kept in that union. Scripture states that salvation is of the Lord. We can add nothing to what God has completed. Ours is to believe what He has already done for us in Christ Jesus and rest in confidence that He has “our times in His Hands.” Our responsibility is to be responsive to His ability to finish in us that which He has begun.

If God Almighty has your “times” in His Hands, if God knows all things even before they occur, the only place of safety and security in in Him. When we surrender to His power, love, and grace in Jesus Christ, God begins to rule in us. His Kingdom gets established in us. In the power of the Holy Spirit, He begins to live His life in us to guide us as He restores us to wholeness. He empowers our obedience and strengthens our confidence, our faith in Him. You are secure in Him. He will rescue you.



 

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