"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"His left hand is under my head, and His right hand doth embrace me.” - Song of Solomon 2:6 [KJV] Our salvation in Christ is sure, safe and certain as the powerful hands of God ( Dan iel 4:35; John 10:27-30 ). Believer, you are in good hands with Christ, being made one with Him ( John 17:22 ). His hands are sovereign hands able to save. "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them" ( Heb rews 7:25 ). His hands are strong hands able to keep us from falling. "Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy" ( Jude 1:24 ). His hands are tender hands able to teach us the way of salvation. "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find r...

"The L ORD lift up H is countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." -Numbers 6:26 [KJV] When we offend a person, his face is not toward us as at other times. It was so with Laban towards Jacob; and if we have in any way incurred a friend’s or superior’s displeasure, we watch instinctively his countenance. Is it down or up? Does it wear a frown or a smile? Is it looking upon us with the eye of affection, or are the eyes averted? We can tell in a moment if we know the countenance. Thus is the blessing asked, "The L ORD lift up H is countenance upon thee" as a kind and affectionate parent upon an obedient child, as a fond husband upon a loving, devoted wife; for such is God to His children— Father and Husband . And do we not, as children, often provoke Him to look upon us with frowning brow, or rather, not to look upon us at all, to "hide H is face," as we read, "that we cannot see H im"? The prayer then is, "The L ORD lift u...