“The God Who Holds Our Times in His Hand”
“My times are in your hand;
rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!” (Psalm 31:15, English Standard Version)
Time is something that most of us wish we had more of. I wished for more time when I was a kid, when I was a young man, and when I was middle-aged. I thought that I would have more time when I retired. Silly me!
And then there is time management. Most of us probably wish we were better at that. (I am reminded of the man who said that he struggled with this, and had bought a book to help him with the problem. However, he hadn’t had time to read the book.)
But Psalm 31:15 tells us something quite wonderful and hard to believe: That God holds our time in his own hand.
The rest of Psalm 31 demonstrates that the psalmist was under extreme duress. He had enemies who were persecuting him and trying to trap him. Psalm 31:15 is not an ivy-tower philosophic insight. It is a poison-ivy, hard-times affirmation that is made in the face of overwhelming anguish.
When I was a little guy, I didn’t worry too much about time. My mom and dad and big sister handled time. Perhaps I need to remember more often that I have a heavenly Father who is in charge of my time. As an old hymn reminds us, “I don’t know about tomorrow . . ., but I know who holds tomorrow, and I know who holds my hand.”
Have a blessed day, and a very God-trusting, servant-hood-ish New Year!
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