What’s In Your Hand?

What’s In Your Hand?

Bible: Exodus 4:1-5

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The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied (V.2).

Zookeepers who handle snakes will tell you that you should never grab one by its tail. It can coil around in a split second and sink its fangs into your hand. The right way is to control it by its head (but don’t try this at home!).

Picking up a snake by its tail is exactly what God told Moses to do (EXODUS 4:1-5). Moses, who must have met snakes in the Midian desert, knew this was a bad idea.

What was God trying to teach Moses? God wanted Moses to realise His power and be willing to trust Him for the work He had for him to do. Basically, there was little difference between throwing the rod to the ground and taking the snake by its tail. Both were acts of trusting God. The lesson was that God was able to use whatever He wanted in order to prove Himself to the people through Moses.

What is in our hands? In a sense, our lives are in our hands. We choose whether we’ll waste the hours, days, weeks, months and years just doing our own thing, or if we’ll live a trusting life that’s useful to Almighty God.

We will be surprised at what He will do in us and through us as we walk the roads He leads us down. What’s in your hand?

THE STORIES OF JESUS ARE NOT FAIRY TALES,
BUT THE TRUTH OF GOD AT WORK ON EARTH.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries