God Actually Has 2 Hands!!!

The Scriptures speak often of the right hand of God. Ps. 98:1, "O sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has done wonderful things, His right hand and His Holy arm have gained the victory for Him." Also in Ps. 16:11, "You will make known to me the path of life, in Your presence is fullness of joy, in Your right hand there are pleasures forever. These a just a few Scriptures thar speak of the mighty right hand of God. But did you know God is not handicapped or physically-challenged? Are you aware He also has a left hand?

In the Song of Solomon 2:6, the bible says, "His left hand is under my head and with His right hand he does embrace me." The right of God is mentioned again in this verse, and even tells us what He does with it. "He does embrace me." Everyone of us have felt that embrace of God in and on our lives. It comes in the form of His love for us, the mercies of God. the favor of the Lord, His attention upon our lives, etc. The list could continue on and on. But this scripture also makes mention of God's left hand. "His left hand is under my head..." Have you ever given much thought to the left hand of God? Most likely not. His right hand seems to get all the attention.

His left hand is "beneath" or under, or behind my head. What the scripture is saying is, that we can see the right hand of God at work in our lives all the time through the many things He does for us. But the significance of His left hand is in no way less than the right hand. With the left hand being beneath, or under, or behind, it simply means we don't always see the hand of God at work in our lives but He is extremely active "working all things together for the good of those that love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28)." God is constantly working behind the scenes (behind our head) to bring about His plan in our lives. The fact that God has spoke over your life in any capacity, assures us that He is still working toward that Word coming to pass in your life.

For example, look at the life of Joseph in the Old Testament. God gave him some wonderful promises, through some dreams he had, about his purpose and destiny as a man of authority (Genesis 37). But in order for those promises to come to pass, God had to move him to the place where the authority was. Toward the palace! Much later in the story, after he had been sold into slavery by his brothers, was lied about by his bosses wife, thrown into prison where he was at for about 13 years, Joseph said that it was God who had sent him to that place (Genesis 45:4-9). God had moved him to the place where the promises could come to pass! I am sure Joseph struggled at times with feeling like God had abandoned him, forgot where he was, forgot about the promises. It was probably difficult to believe the promise of God about being in authority when he was in slavery and prison! But the left hand of God was at work in Joseph's life! The pharoah had a dream and someone remembered Joseph giving interpretations of dreams in the prison, they called him forth, he told the pharoah what the dreams meant, and pharoah exalted Joseph to the highest place of authority in the land, next to his own. The promise came to pass. The left hand of God!

What about Jonah? God told him to do one thing but he tried very hard to do another. God sent a huge storm (Jonah 1:4) He ended up in the belly of a whale, or large fish, whatever your preference, that God had prepared (Jonah 1:17). I believe that the whale was being led by the left hand of God after it swallowed up Jonah, because when he spits Jonah out on shore, he was headed in the direction of where he was supposed to go in the first place! The left hand of God!

Jehoshaphat went to battle in 2 Chronicles 20. In verse 24, it says that when they showed up at the battlefield, the enemy was already beaten and defeated, laying everywhere! The left hand of God!

You and I may think like Joseph, God has forgotten us and His promises. Let me encourage you, God does not forget! He can't forget! The left hand of God is always at work in, and for, you and I. We might not see everything coming together, but when it happens, we know He was at work all the time! Sometimes it may take a while for some things to happen. Not because it was hard for God to do, because "nothing is impossible for God: (Luke 1:37). It usually has to do with God needing to finish something in us. God is moving in our lives, better yet, we are moving in Him! We might not see much, but He is doing much. Trust Him to keep His Word and promise to you.

His left hand is under, or beneath, our head. We can't see behind our heads. We don't have eyes in the back of our heads! That is why we must trust Him.

Be encouraged.

God has both hands at work in your life!!!