What is in your hand?

Yahweh then said, "What is that in your hand?' 'A staff," (Moses) said.- Exodus 4:2

This was the recurring theme today, as Kuya spoke about how God uses our hands to do His work, seeing as His own hands are nailed to the cross. A simple staff can part the mighty waters, summon up the boon of blessings and the bane of plagues, determine the outcome on the battlefield...but only through the power of God.

What is in our hands? What do we hold that God wants to us to use, for His greater glory, no matter how insignificant an object or talent or gift we may think it is? As I look back on my life, I see how He has transformed the little I offered Him and returned it tenfold, in amazing proportions to, to evidence His power and glory. When He touches the ordinary, it becomes so very extraordinary - be it material possessions, spiritual gifts, or a sinner's repentant heart.

P.S. Today, during worship, He kept reminding me over and over of Psalm 37 (without my knowing which particular Psalm that was). And so I looked it up as soon as I could, and was reminded of His goodness, His faithfulness, and of the reasons I put my trust in Him alone:

Put your trust in Yahweh and do right,
make your home in the land and live secure.
Make Yahweh your joy
and he will give you your heart's desires

Commit your destiny to Yahweh,
be confident in him, and he will act,
making your uprightness clear as daylight
and the justice of your cause as the noon. (Psalm 37:3-6)