Title Acts 40:10-13 A mighty hand
Contents Acts 40:10-13
In February 1979, a landslide occurred in San Francisco, USA. A rock from the top of the mountain rolled down the mountain and stopped on a hill above the highway. It was dangerous for every vehicle passing in front of it because of the risk of rolling down onto the highway. Many were anxious and afraid.
Authorities spent $90,000 to move the rock to a safe area. It was then that Australian sculptor Black Livingston Strong offered to buy the rock. It cost $2500 to buy the rock for $100 and transport it to Australia. He took eight weeks to carve John Wayne's face in the rock. At the time, the world-famous American actor John Wayne was hospitalized with cancer. The United States bought the carved John Wayne Rock for $1 million and placed it in front of the Hollywood Theater. That was the motivation behind the establishment of the John Wayne Cancer Center.
Things like this happen to those who believe in God.
First, the hand of God is the hand of creation.
If our lives are mud, God is the potter. God the Father made us sinners into new creations through the Son Jesus. God bought us with the blood of Christ and made us His own (1 Corinthians 6:19). It used to be darkness, but now it is light in the Lord. It used to be a lost sheep, but now it is a sheep in the arms of the Good Shepherd. passed from death to life. You have come to the safest place. Even if we live on earth, we are citizens of heaven who obey the laws of heaven. Faith and salvation are gifts of grace.
Second, those who are saved must be in the hands of God.
The jawbone of a donkey held in Samson's hand with the god of God struck hundreds of Philistine soldiers. The staff in Moses' hand was used to lead the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Also, the slingshot in David's hand defeated the Philistine general Goliath. Likewise, Christians in the hands of Almighty God become instruments used for the glory of God and for the new work.
It is an honor to hear from God. Through me, who was saved by grace, God raises the dead through the gospel. to build the temple. We will destroy the power of Satan and build the kingdom of God there.
It is the glory of those who are caught in the hands of God. The stone rejected by the builders is Christ-like, who has become the cornerstone. Blessed are those who are used by God's hand like this.
In order for us to be used with dignity, we must cleanse ourselves. You must have a good conscience and faith without lies. You must be clean by reason. Money transactions must be clean. And before God, we must be meek and humble like Jesus.
Third, there is one wish of those who have served Jesus.
It is the joy of the Lord. To become an evangelist with the heart of the Lord, to become the hands and feet of the Lord to heal the world. No one can overcome those who are in the hands of God. I hope you have such grace.