Hold My Hand

“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!