A Third Hand
I have just finished making a small addition to my shop. As I worked, I found that figuring out how to have a third hand consumed the most time. You see, I was working by myself. Many times, I needed one hand to hold the board. I needed another hand to hold a nail. I also needed a third hand to swing the hammer. If you have a helper, you work together. But if you are by yourself, you must invent a way to do it.
Now, that was a simple construction project. I was able to work these issues out. After all, God gave me a brain. I also have a degree in engineering from the Indian Hill School of Hard Knocks.
But what if it is not a simple building project? Sometimes, life throws serious trials at us. Often, we find ourselves in a battle with severe spiritual issues. This is not the time to be hardheaded and try to find a way to fix the problem yourself. If you do, you will be overcome by trials and lose the spiritual battle. In Proverbs, we read that there is a way that seems right to man, but man’s way always ends badly.
In this life, there will be many times when you wish you had a third hand. For this reason, always make sure that your life is in the Hands of God. It is with an unwavering confidence that you can trust Him and know He will help you. He has promised to open His hands and satisfy all your needs. And He has sent the Holy Spirit to be a Helper in all our circumstances.
““These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:25-27 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.14.25-27.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
