OUR DAILY BREAD : SPILLING THROUGH MY FINGERS
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:15 pmTHURSDAY MARCH 16
SPILLING THROUGH MY FINGERS
READ:
ISAIAH 40:9-17
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WHO HAS MEASURED
THE WATERS IN
THE HOLLOW OF HIS
HAND...? ISAIAH 40:12
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After I clumsily knocked over my glass on the restaurant counter, the spilled beverage began to cascade over the edge and onto the floor. Out of sheer embarrassment, I tried to catch the waterfall with cupped hands. My efforts were largely unsuccessful; most of my beverage rushed through my fingers. In the end, my upturned palms held little more than a meager tablespoon each, while my feet stood in puddles.
My life feels similar on many days. I find myself scrambling to solve problems, oversee details, and control circumstances. No matter how hard I try, my feeble hands are incapable of managing all the pieces and parts. Something invariably slips through my fingers and pools on the floor at my feet, leaving me feeling overwhelmed. No amount of contorting my hands or squeezing my fingers more tightly together makes me able to handle it all.
Yet God can. Isaiah tells us that God can measure the globe’s waters__all the oceans and rivers and rain__in the hollow of His hands (40:12). Only His hands are large enough to hold them all. We needn’t try to hold more than the tablespoon He’s designed our hands to carry. When we feel over-whelmed, we can entrust our cares and concerns into His capable hands.
__KRISTEN HOLMBERG
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Help me, Lord, to stop trying to hold everything in my hands,
but instead to trust my needs and concerns into Your perfect care.
**We can trust God to handle the things that overwhelm us.
SPILLING THROUGH MY FINGERS
READ:
ISAIAH 40:9-17
___________________________________________________________________________
WHO HAS MEASURED
THE WATERS IN
THE HOLLOW OF HIS
HAND...? ISAIAH 40:12
___________________________________________________________________________
After I clumsily knocked over my glass on the restaurant counter, the spilled beverage began to cascade over the edge and onto the floor. Out of sheer embarrassment, I tried to catch the waterfall with cupped hands. My efforts were largely unsuccessful; most of my beverage rushed through my fingers. In the end, my upturned palms held little more than a meager tablespoon each, while my feet stood in puddles.
My life feels similar on many days. I find myself scrambling to solve problems, oversee details, and control circumstances. No matter how hard I try, my feeble hands are incapable of managing all the pieces and parts. Something invariably slips through my fingers and pools on the floor at my feet, leaving me feeling overwhelmed. No amount of contorting my hands or squeezing my fingers more tightly together makes me able to handle it all.
Yet God can. Isaiah tells us that God can measure the globe’s waters__all the oceans and rivers and rain__in the hollow of His hands (40:12). Only His hands are large enough to hold them all. We needn’t try to hold more than the tablespoon He’s designed our hands to carry. When we feel over-whelmed, we can entrust our cares and concerns into His capable hands.
__KRISTEN HOLMBERG
__________________________________________________________________________
Help me, Lord, to stop trying to hold everything in my hands,
but instead to trust my needs and concerns into Your perfect care.
**We can trust God to handle the things that overwhelm us.