THE MIGHTY HANDS OF GOD

TEXT: EZRA 8:32 ^b, 8:31

 “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”

^31 “On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canalto go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.”

Our God is a mighty God that created the universe by the outstretched of His hands. The hands of God are so strong and mighty that nothing can hinder Him from whatever He wants to accomplish.

Talking about the mighty hands of God is talking about His awesome power. The mighty hands of God make the impossible to become possible- His hands are “situation changer.” This is why people say “Lord, I can see your hands in my life- that means the power of God has changed their situation for good. “The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.” (Ezra 8:22 ^b ). This verse is telling us that the hands of God have “dual functionality”- To us His righteous children; His hands will work in our favour to deliver, heal,  give blessing and breakthrough set free, fight and win our battles, make way for us, makes us to advance over adversaries and so on. On the other hand, God’s mighty hands work to bring calamity, defeat, hardship, failure, wrath and judgement on His enemies and the enemies of His children.

I said earlier that God’s hands mean God’s power- we will be considering the wonders that God did in the Bible with His mighty hands.

Our first reference is going to be the mighty hands that delivered the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt (Genesis 14).

Pharaoh was very stubborn in the beginning; he did not want to release the children of God to be free from the age long bondage of slavery.

The wrath of God came upon Egypt when God stretched His mighty hands on the land and affected them with plagues.  The lord proved his power and might at the Red sea to the detriment of Pharaoh and his chariots.

God’s out stretched hands parted the Red sea and the children of Israel walked freely on dry land to safety- the Lord granted deliverance to His children with His out stretched mighty hands!

However, the same mighty hand that delivered God’s children was what drowned His enemies the Egyptian army.

The hands of God can be seen positively or negatively it depends on where you stand (if you are for Him or against Him).

I pray for you that you will not encounter the hands of God in a negative way in Jesus name.

Another example of God’s mighty hands at work is in the book of second Chronicles 20. It is the account of Jehoshaphat. The Ammonites, the Moabites and the rest were coming to wage war against Jehoshaphat. He went to God and asked for God to help them fight their battle. Jehoshaphat followed God’s instruction of inviting worshippers and playing, singing and dancing to the Lord at the war front.

Without them having any weapon of war, the Lord gave victory to Jehoshaphat. The Lord took it upon himself to fight the battle with His mighty hands. There are other numerous instances where God used His mighty hands to bring deliverance and judgement accordingly.

If you are against Him, He will show you His hands negatively and if you are for Him; He will show you His hands positively. May destruction not be our portion in Jesus name.

May the mighty hands of God that does wonders work in our favour in Jesus name. Amen.

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