Into Your hands

Psalm 31

Who is God to you? David said God is His strength, His deliverer, His refuge.... What about you?

One verse that stood out alot to me is verse 5, "Into Your hand i commit my spirit." It shows great dependence on God, like putting all our bets on God. Jesus said this when He died on the cross(luke 23:46), Stephen said it when he was stoned to death(acts 7:59). It represents giving everything to the Lord and surrendering everything. Can we say to the Lord today, "Father, into Your hand i give up everything"?

If we can, God will definitely take charge of our lives and bestow great favor on us. But maybe some of us struggle... If we have idols in our lives, wealth, material possession, achievements, talents, people in our lives... we will not be able to commit our lives into God's hands and He will not be able to guide us, because we will be guided by our own desires. Can you give up the thing that is most important to you to the Lord?

Wah, christian life is so difficult ah? must give up everything, so many constrains, restrictions. But remember, while God wants us to obey His commands and commit ourselves to Him, He never meant for us to feel restrain. If fact, He gives us much freedom within His safety boundary. We can be free from all our sins and be relieved from all our pains. (verse 8)

How can we be sure that will be the case? verse 9-13 tells us about David's feelings of helplessness and hopelessness when he felt hated or rejected. Have you felt that people dislike you or reject you before? The distress, sorrow, eye wasted away by crying, sighing, feeling weak... david then gave a contrary in verse 14-18, if we recognise our true self and relationship with God, it will be easier to accept what people think or say of us. Because our security is in the Lord.

How can we know that we will be relieved? When we know that God loves and cares for us. We will be steady despite of circumstances, will not break down so easily and be upset. And we can trust in the Lord instead of going our own ways...

"into Your hands, i commit again, with all i am, for You Lord.

You hold my world, in the palms of Your hands, and i am Yours forever.

Jesus i believe in You, Jesus i belong to You,

You're the reason that i live, the reason that i sing, with all i am."