In God's Hands

John 10: 28-29, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
What does it mean to be in God’s hands? Let us first look at those hands. God’s hands crafted the heavens. With His hands he carpeted the mountains and formed the hills and valleys. Filled the oceans and planted all the trees and flowers. From the dust of the earth He made man in His own image and breathed into him the breath of life. God holds the entire world in His hands and has control of all that He has created. His hands are filed with love and caring for the sparrow and every living creature on this planet. Jesus said, “My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
When Jesus came to this world in the form of man God placed in his hands the fate of all peoples past and future. Those same loving hands shaped wood, cast out demons and held the hand of a child. Hands raised in praise to the Father fed thousands. Could he have raised his hands summoned legions of angels to defeat the Roman army-- yes but then where would we be? He willingly spread His hands and took Roman nails on a cruel cross so that we might live.
So then when we accept Jesus as savior we are placed in God’s hands and we can never be removed. For anyone to even think God would drop something as precious as a soul His son died for is ridiculous. Jesus made it clear twice that we could not be taken out of God’s hands. When we are saved we are born into the family of God and there we shall remain. Just like when a child is born into an earthly family they are forever in that family. Good or bad they still are part of the family God sent them to.
So like a loving parent God cares for those in His family. Protects and corrects, loves and trains those He loves. With a gentle hand we are guided or with a stern hand we are corrected but we are always in His hands.
There are many other aspects of God’s hands that are too numerous to mention here. In God’s hands we secure and in God’s hands we will stay. For those who are not in His hands all you have to do is look to Jesus and ask to be forgiven and with all the love God has you will be born into His family and placed in His hands.