“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the Gentiles.”
This great promise given to the Isralites, based on the way God works with His people, the promise certainly pertains to us. There is nothing written here that cannot be seen in the way the Holy Spirit works in our lives. The basis of the promise in this verse is “I will keep you.” The Lord said, “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness.” God’s keeping us is bound up in the fact that He has called us. This means that He called us and we responded to the call and when we did, we became intrinsically bound up in His will and leadership in our lives. We need to realize that in our answer to His call, God has ownership in our lives, and becomes a part of all that we do in life. This is difficult for some people for they think that God’s ownership of us takes away our free will. Jesus said that “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Frankly, I had rather be free in the arms of God than in the trap of Satan. The Lord said, “I will take hold of your hand.” This is good news. The promise of Jesus is that He will never leave or forsake us. It is comforting when we are held in God’s hand. I remember walking across the dark schoolyard in my hometown with my dad to “shoot some baskets” at the gym. I used to reach out periodically and take his hand so that I would know that he was still with me. (lol) This is not all that prayer is, but there is a sense that when we talk to Him, we have a sense of safety. It is a great relief to me that the Lord is holding my hand and that “underneath are the everlasting arms.” Take comfort in the fact this is true for your life. Reach out your hand to Him and discover the security of having the Lord hold your hand. The Lord said, “I will keep you and make you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the Gentiles.” He called them to reach out to the world, just as Jesus called us to reach out to the world. Throughout the Old Testament the prophecy about the coming of Christ and about his salvation for the Gentiles is prominent. The Lord does not call us, keep us and hold our hands, to live a self-contained life. He calls us to reach out to people and to be a witness to them of the love of Christ. This begins by our living exemplary lives before the world and showing them to love and the righteousness of Christ. Praise the Lord for His promising to keep you, and let Him do it! Bro. Joe
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