The Whole World in His Hands…..

I am titling this blog entry “The Whole World in His Hands” because I have been singing this song to Ellie Kate the past month or two.  She loves it, and when she wants me to sing it, she says,  “Whole Worrrrd .“  Then we have to go through the whole family when we sing it. I just got to thinking about how we teach these little songs to our children, and they grow up believing and trusting that God loves them and holds them in his hands.  As adults, the world becomes no longer friendly and fun because of all the experience we have.  Our view of God holding us in his hands becomes tainted.  It is so easy as a child to believe this. We as adults truly believe God will save us from our sins, and we will get to spend eternity with Him in Heaven, but we doubt him daily and don’t trust him to get us through our struggles.  How is it that we trust him to save us from that awful place at the end of our life, but we don’t trust him with this life on Earth? 

This past week I started back to work as a teacher.  Every year even when I was a kid, teenager, or college student, I always got this anxious feeling that makes me feel sick and nervous because I am anticipating the year to come I guess.  This year I have not felt quite like that.  I always worry, “Am I going to be good enough for my students, my family, and am I going to live up to the expectations of others.”   I have had a sense of peace about it all.   I am learning that God is truly in control of my life.  The only expectation that I should feel that I need to live up to is my “Heavenly Fathers.” If I am in his will then how can I go wrong.  You know I am “Being Held in His Hands” each and every moment of my life.  I am trying to let go of all the worrying.  Like I mention above, I worried a lot about being a good teacher, mother, friend, and Christian. I am truly at peace about this. Now do I still have moments yes, I do, but when I do I just fall back to God’s word and say to myself.  “God will never leave me or forsake me.”

One of my devotions by Kelley Minter this week asked this question.  What lies do you believe about yourself that are not true?  Well, I answered all the things that I listed about, not being a good mother, teacher, friend, and Christian.  The world wants you to feel this way and so do your enemies.  In Nehemiah 6:1-4, Nehemiah’s enemies use fear and lies to try and cause Nehemiah to lose focus on rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem.  Sandballat sent out spies to tell Nehemiah to take refuge in the temple because people were coming to kill him.  Well, Nehemiah knew this person was an imposter because God’s people would never tell anyone to hide in the temple. You could die if you came in to the holy of holies unprepared (Numbers 18:7). Only the priests were allowed in the temple.  So people or your enemies will try to use fear and lies to get you off track.  Remember if you are in God’s word trusting in him, he will give you the signs of an imposter or help you realize the lies of the world.

So I hope to be brave and bold for Jesus instead of a worrier and complainer.   Our lesson in church on Sunday was about Bartimaeus the blind man.  He asked God to give him his sight.  He did not say can you, will you, he said, “I want to receive my sight.”  Others were telling him to be QUIET, but he cried out to Jesus all the more and said, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”   I hope to stand up above the rest and not be quiet, but be bold in the Lord like Bartimaeus. I hope all this makes sense because I had a lot I wanted to say.  I just pray someone is blessed today.   When the world says YOU CAN’T, the Lord says, “YES YOU CAN!” I guess I pray that God gives me child like faith, and that I trust that he will hold me in his hands everyday considering that HE HAS THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS.