Day 55 with David: Our spirit is safe in His hand.

“Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭31:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

It’s always amazed me to watch people, working as a team, performing daring feats. They totally trust their safety—even their lives—to their partners. The first thing that comes to my mind along these lines is the trapeze artists who work with no nets. They are swinging on two separate trapezes, when all of a sudden, one let’s go, turns cartwheels in the air, then is caught by the hands or feet by a person on another trapeze.

And then there’s that type of movie scene we all know very well: one person is about to be destroyed—whether falling off a cliff, or into a boiling cauldron, or into some other danger, when someone puts a hand over the side and says, “Grab my hand!” The person in peril is reticent to do so; yet, it’s their only hope. So, they let go of whatever they’re clinging onto, lung toward the offered hand, and are pulled to safety. Now, I imagine that in real life circumstances along these lines, it doesn’t always have a happy ending.

If you’ve ever had a major surgery you know what it’s like to trust someone else with your life. Actually, we trust our lives to other people‘s hands all the time without even thinking about it. We fly in airplanes, ride in cars, having no guarantee that the people in control, won’t somehow bring us great bodily harm, or even death. When you’re walking down the road, what’s to keep someone driving alongside, from mowing you down? We are all the time committing our lives into the hands of others, knowingly or unknowingly. In fact, in order to live a normal life, we must take the risk of what others may or may not do.

The scenarios I have so far described involve life and death situations. But, there is only One Who can protect our spirit in this life and the next. Sadly, many people are reluctant to commit their life into the hand of the Lord.

The birth of my first son was anything but routine. He was very large and had stayed as long as he could in the womb. Finally, I went into labor but it did not progress. In short, he was too large to make it through the birth canal. Twenty- four hours had passed. Having put leads on his head, they could tell that he was beginning to struggle and I had no strength left. What ensued was an emergency cesarean. As I started to go under the anesthesia, I remember closing my eyes and saying the words of Jesus as He was hanging on the cross, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” For me, entrusting my spirit to the Lord is not for just imminent treat situations; it’s the way I strive to live.

Think about it: as Christians, we know that our spirit will be taken from this earthly dwelling into His presence; but, even now, our spirit is held safe in Him!

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:4-6‬ NKJV

Yes, even now, our eternal lives and purposes are hidden in Christ. Recognizing this fact will revolutionize the way you live. It should re-order your priorities as well as giving you courage to live your daily life, whatever it may hold.

“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:2-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In our portion from Psalms today we see David speaking the words our Lord would later speak on the cross:

“And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.’” Having said this, He breathed His last.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭23:46‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

David had been in many life or death situations through which he had entrusted his spirit into the Lord’s hand. He prophetically spoke the words that our Lord would speak as He made a way for our spirits to be safe in this life and the next.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

Our spirit is safe in His hand.

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