He’ll Never Let Go
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” John 10:28-29
If you watched the news last week, you heard the story of a 4-year-old child that fell overboard off the cruise ship. From what I heard on the news, the father at once jumped into the water to save the child. It was reported that he stayed afloat while treading water and holding onto the child for a good twenty minutes before the rescue boat got to them.
The fact that the child and the father did not die from falling and jumping in is one huge miracle. But more so than that, he was able to hold the child and stay floating in the middle of the tossing of the waves of the sea along with the added swells generated by the cruise ship. Maybe it was pure adrenaline from the crisis of the moment – I don’t know. But whatever it was, the father held on.
In the Old Testament, there are scriptures that speak of the Father’s strong right hand. We read in Deuteronomy 32:39, “See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me….and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
Isaiah 49:2 says, “…in the shadow of his hand he hid me; …”
And in Isaiah 41:10, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
There is no doubt about the mighty strength of God’s hand. He is all powerful. Yet, there are times that we allow life to distract us.
Recently while riding to work, I was praying and asking God to calm the chaos that seemed to be not only raging around me, but also what I saw and knew about the storms of so many around me and what they were dealing with. I wasn’t literally in the sea as the father had been, but I felt like I was being tossed and turned and shaken about with my circumstances. You see, it wasn’t a question of my salvation; it was a question of how to navigate and remain strong and steady through the storms and chaos trying to overwhelm me. Wondering and hoping that God was going to hold onto me just like that father held onto his child. It was then that I was reminded of the scriptures above.
We hear of hurricanes and tornadoes that literally pick people up and move them from one place to another. We know that people are powerless up against the fierceness of the elements. But I also know that the God who created this world, the Almighty God has the strongest hands of all! So why should I worry that He might get too tired and let go? God’s Word assures me that no matter how this life rages around me, I am held in the Father’s hand, and nothing can “snatch” me away.
God’s promises assure you of the same thing. If you know Jesus as Savior, you are held by Him and there is nothing, absolutely nothing that can take you out of His hand! You are held by the One that neither slumbers nor sleeps and never wears old. He is the Lord God – strong and mighty, the One that will never let go!
