‘By My Right Hand’

 

‘By My Right Hand’

‘…Thou hast holden me by my right hand.’

Psalm 73:23b

Christ is very patient, even with the most petulant of His people.  Early on in the 73rd Psalm, Asaph had demonstrated some of this sulkiness.  He ‘was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.’  He felt very sorry for himself and foolishly declared, ‘Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.’  He was basically asserting that he had wasted his time in following God and adhering to His ways.  It was not until he began to see things from God’s perspective that he realized that he was behaving like a brat.  At that point, Asaph began to confess his bad behavior and attitude to God as being ‘foolish and ignorant.’  He never loses sight of the Character of God.  Yesterday, we considered the first half of our text.  Today, we dwell upon the words, ‘You hold me by my right hand.’  As adults, we have often found ourselves holding the hand of a petulant child.  They bawl, fuss, and whine over some perceived inequity.  They strain and may even attempt to pull away.  Yet as patient, mature people, we continue to hold them by their right hand until they come to their senses.  Christ treats us very much the same way.  We have miserably bad attitudes because of some perceived inequity.  Christ continues to hold our hand until we come to our senses.  We may even twist and turn, trying to get away from Him, yet He patiently holds our right hand while we slowly mature.  Today, let us magnify our patient, gracious, and longsuffering Savior.

Our Good and Kind Savior,
we praise You for Your patience with us.
We rejoice that even though we change very often,
You change not.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning