A youth ministry initiative by RBC Ministries
where you can find devotionals and resources for youth.
A youth ministry initiative by RBC Ministries
where you can find devotionals and resources for youth.
Read: Psalm 138
You reach out Your hand, and the power of Your right hand saves me. – Psalm 138:7
Edwin van der Sar, goalkeeper for Manchester United, had a safe pair of hands. He kept the ball from entering the net for 1,302 minutes—a world record in one season! It means that for almost 15 games of 90 minutes each, no one was able to score even one goal against his team while he was between the goalposts. It took a goal in March 2009 to finally bring his remarkable streak to an end.
The psalmist David found comfort in the safest pair of hands—God’s hands. He wrote of God’s protection in Psalm 138, “You will stretch out Your hand . . . and Your right hand will save me” (v.7). Like David, we can look to God’s safe hands to keep us from spiritual threats and danger.
Another assurance from God’s Word that followers of Christ have is Jude 24-25: “Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into His glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to Him who alone is God, our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
That doesn’t mean we won’t ever stumble. But it does mean we won’t stumble so badly that He cannot pick us up. His pair of safe hands can never fail—ever! —C. P. Hia
Our salvation is secure because God does the holding.
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