MY VERSE(S): John 10:28-29 – “I give them (my sheep) eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”
MY REFLECTION: For as long as I can remember, I’ve know that this passage exists. But it wasn’t until today that I noticed the matching phrases in vs. 28 and 29. “No one can snatch them (us) out of my hand. … No one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”
How awesome is that?!?!
It seems that I’ve always known, and have taken comfort in, the fact that no one can snatch us from God’s hand, but Jesus says that no one can snatch us from either of their hands. We’re doubly-held; doubly-secure.
This also brings to mind, one of my favorite passages from Romans 8:35-39:
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
‘For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Amen!
MY PRAYER: Thank you Lord, for loving me and holding me tightly!
1 comments:
Doubly-held. Doubly-secure. Unable to be separated from His love. What a great picture of our God.
Thanks, Pastor, for the awesome comments you write each day. I often go back and reread the prior days. It's nice to be able to post late (on Jan 12) and add my two cents.
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