There are no hands like
the Master’s serving hands.
When the shepherds looked
into the manger on the night
Jesus was born, they saw two
little hands; but they didn’t
realize the impact those hands
would have. They didn’t know they
were divine hands that had come to pay
the ultimate price to deliver mankind from
sin and sickness.
What the shepherds did know was that an
angel announced His birth to them while they
were on the hillside looking after their sheep,
and they knew they saw and heard a heavenly
choir of angels praising the Lord. Then they
hurried to Bethlehem to see the newborn King,
but they never dreamed what those little hands
would do for them. They didn’t know those
hands would one day be nailed to the Cross
by wicked and devilish men who wanted to
destroy them.
About two years later, the three wise men
arrived to see those divine, young hands. They
took that long journey because they knew they
would find a Savior and King; and they had
brought gifts for Him of gold, frankincense and
myrrh. They didn’t understand all about God’s
plan, but they recognized those little hands
were different; and they knew those hands
would serve great life to them in the future.
Healing Hands
If people had been what God wanted them
to be, they would have cherished those hands
because they were hands full of love that cured
any kind of disease or affliction. A leper came
to see Jesus one day even though at that time,
those with leprosy were not allowed to be
among people.
By law, when lepers were around people,
they had to wear a bell around their neck; and
they had to ring it and cry, “Leper, leper!”
Then the people would run the other way. But
Jesus didn’t turn away when the leper came
running to Him and said,
Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
And Jesus put forth his
hand, and touched him,
saying, I will; be thou clean.
And immediately his leprosy
was cleansed (Matthew 8:2,3).
I’m sure the leper had watched Jesus
from afar as He touched the eyes of those who
were blind; and he heard the people cry, “I can
see!” Then he decided that he could receive a
miracle, too.
Jesus touched and helped people whom no
one else could help. And he Jesus entered
again into the synagogue; and there was
a man there which had a withered hand.
And he saith unto the man which had the
withered hand, Stand forth...Stretch forth
thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his
hand was restored whole as the other (Mark
3:1,3,5).
If you have ever injured one of your hands,
you know how hard it is to function with just
one hand. Then think about how much more
valuable your hands are to God. He is always
looking for two more hands to do His work
and to help bring in the harvest of souls. The
Lord told me one day that we hold the world
of lost souls in our hands, and we must not
allow even one of those souls to fall into eternal
damnation.
Saving Hands
A Pharisee named Nicodemus came to Jesus
one night, and he received salvation through
those hands. He didn’t understand salvation,
but he found wisdom and knowledge in those
hands; and they enlightened him. Jesus
said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith
unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into
his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus
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