"My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him."
IN our first verse of study, verse 2, we see the separation. IN verse 3 we see the refusal to arise and have her beloved to come in. But now, there is the hand extended that touches the soul of this woman for her beloved.
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door - it is the Lord reaching forth to His beloved; How many times does Christ use the word 'come unto Me'? He is constantly appealing and beckoning unto mankind to 'return unto Him'; 'to come unto Him'; 'to follow Him'. HE stretches forth His hand for that drawing forth from a lost world, from sin. What do you see when you see His hand? There is the nail scar, pierced through all the way to reveal His love for us. It is the hand of the Lord that reaches forth for our deliverance. There is none that save us from our sin but Him.
His hand also is stretched forth for other reasons. He reaches forth to heal. Time and time again He touched those with disease and issues. He reached forth to save Peter from drowning, after Peter took his eyes off the Lord. He touched the bread and break it after He blessed it and gave to the hungry. Over and over we see the use and busyness of Him using His hands for the work. ARe your hands as busy for the Lord's work? ARe you doing all that you can for the needs at hand? Look at your hand and know He gave us the gift of the hand and all the parts of our body.
One of the most precious things upon the hands of our Lord, is us. 'I have engraven you on My hnads.' He knows who is His'. He knows us by name. He redeemed us and places us safely in His hand for keeping and remembrance of His Own. The great thought of knowing that He loved us so much to save us and deliver us and now carries and keeps us. Oh, praise the Name of the Lord for such wonderful promises and teachings. When you see His hand these are a few of those things that we should remember and know from Scripture about the preciousness of His nail scarred hand.
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