His Guiding Hand

Psalm 139:1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my down sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

As believers, we can have the confidence and assurance that there is the Master with the all seeing eye and ever present hand to go with us along each step of our journey.  This has not always been a reality to me. As I was a boy growing up in the small town of Patterson GA (700 residents at that time), I was aware that there was always someone watching me, but I thought it was the neighbors (Mama’s nosey informants), or one of my siblings!

It seemed to me that you could go nowhere or do anything that someone would not know and it would sometimes beat you back home. I happened to be talking to one of my cousins this week from out of town who, without knowledge of me writing this devotion, told me of a similar incident in her life where someone called her dad when she violated a rule and he met her at the door when she arrived home.

Remember, God is not always a hand to chastise and correct us when He sees we have done wrong, He is desirous to be a hand that guides us that we will enjoy the abundant life He has designed for us!

Psalm 139:7-10 ¶ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Derwin Griffin


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