“For I, the LORD you God, hold your right hand; it is I who
say to you, “Fear not, I am the One who helps you.” Isaiah 41:13
Early in our children’s lives we teach them to hold our
hands. This is usually before they cross
the street, are in a big crowd, or any time we need to make sure they need to
stay near or away from danger. Of course it is sweetest when they grab our hands simply to stay connected.
I love it when my grandkids grab my hand just out of the
blue. Some of my most precious photos
are those where I am walking hand in hand with them.
I am sure that I have read the above verse many times in
reading the Bible through but today it jumped off the page and hugged me around
the neck. Listen up everyone….This is
the LORD speaking! ‘I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand.’
When the Bible mentions the right hand, it is usually
symbolizing strength and authority.
Applying that thought to this verse it would intimate by God holding our right hand He
is empowering us His strength and authority.
If that is the case, then there is no reason to fear! He goes on to say “I am the One who helps
you”. I like to see that phrase this way
“I AM (God’s name) the One who helps you.”
The great I AM, the name God revealed to Moses and to Israel, is the
same One helping us. It’s nice to have
someone helping us but I have to say I don’t think there could be a better
helper than God. If I am going to have a
teammate, a co-worker, a 'right hand man', I want it to be God, the LORD,
the great I AM.
Just like children, we need the Father to hold our hand as
we go through dangerous paths and uncertain circumstances but how He loves it
when we just hold His hand for no other reason than we just want to stay
connected! What a beautiful picture!
