In His Hand

[Jesus said...] "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand." (John 10:28-29)

How gently yet firmly this person held onto the hummingbird while it was being tagged. This reminds me of a parent who gently but firmly grasps the hand of a young child while crossing the street or walking through a store. No good parent would ever want any harm to come to their precious boy or girl. There are dangers in the street. There are people who cannot be trusted in the stores. Evil lurks in the hearts of those who will snatch a child from the loving arms of a parent, but this is not possible while being held in the hands of a loving heavenly Father and Savior.

Not only that, but when you become a part of God's family through faith in Jesus Christ you are "tagged" (sealed or marked) with the Holy Spirit. This is a sign that you forever belong to God. You are His possession, and He cares deeply for those who are His.

In [Jesus] you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14)

Another good word related to this comes from the Apostle Paul who asks, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35)

And the answer to that is, "NO, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)

Now these are truths YOU can HOLD ON TO!