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Welcome. Please come in and join us as we get together in the Word. Greetings in our
Lord's precious name! I invite you to join us as we bring you “From House to House”.
Isn’t it a privilege to be filming in the beautiful home of Tony and Sandra Walker?
We invite you to continue with us in this series we have called “He Is: the Beautiful
Bridegroom”. I’m eager to see the heavenly Bridegroom when He appears as the scripture
promises. It says "When He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as
He is.” Consider the depiction we see the Bride of Christ give in the Song of Solomon.
Turn there to our basic text Song of Solomon 5:9-16 where this is catching a glimpse of
an experience she had where she experienced her lover’s absence. She had failed to respond
like she should and he withdrew. She rises from her bed of sleep and begins to move into
the street to find him, disappointed that he was not still waiting at the door when
she finally got herself up. She asks the women of the neighborhood, the daughters of Jerusalem
to assist her in finding her beloved. Before they could help her, they needed a description
of what he was like, a way to identify him. So she begins to describe some of his outstanding
features and that's what we're covering in this twelve part series. Today we're talking
about “His hands” in lesson number seven. She describes the beauty of his hands. And
we see something we can apply to our own spiritual walk as we relate to the Lord and find His
hands touch our lives. I think it would be wonderful if we all had as our goal as children
of God, in this world we could be His hands extended, reaching out to those that are oppressed.
There are beautiful thoughts in the Scripture about the hands of the Lord. But look at Song
of Solomon, 5:14 in the Amplified, and we see she describes his hands as she tells these
ladies, would they help her find him in the city. She says, "His hands are like rods of
gold set with [nails of] beryl or topaz. His body is a figure of bright ivory overlaid
with [veins of] sapphires." The latter part of that verse, we'll deal with in our next
lesson. Today let's focus on His hands. We've been talking about His complexion, His head,
His eyes, His hair. We've been talking about various aspects of His being, but today let's
focus on His hands. When you think of your hands, look at your hands and what they represent
to you, your actions, things you do, the actions that you take, your work. The symbolism that
we find in the Song of Solomon would portray for us a picture of His hands being like His
action, His work, the mighty things He does. Keeping that in mind, I want to share with
you things I hope will be an inspiration to you in your walk with the Lord. I think about
the Psalmist wrote how he saw the handiwork of God when he looked up into the heavens.
Have you ever taken the time to look up into the heavens on a dark night, and see all the
starry hosts, that golden moon and the multitude of stars spread out in the skies, stand there
in amazement and know God was behind all of that being done? It was the works of His hands.
This is what the Psalmist exclaimed when he considered the heavens. Psalms 19:1, and please
hang onto the Song of Solomon. The Psalmist said, “THE HEAVENS declare the glory of
God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork.” referring to the work of
His hands. If you don't believe there's a God, why don't you go outside and look up
into the heavens, especially against that black velvet sky and ponder how all that could
just be an accident? There is a designer, a creator behind all that. The Psalmist was
wise; he had a relationship with the creator Himself. He said those heavens is like a message,
a voice speaking, declaring the glory of God. That very firmament, that heavenly atmosphere,
is proclaiming the handiwork, the very work of God's hands. The bride thought her bridegroom's
hands were beautiful. When I read the Word, I see things the Lord did with His hands,
His work, and I say, “That’s beautiful!” In Psalms 8:3-4 in the Amplified, the Psalmist
says, "When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the
stars, which You have ordained and established, What is man that You are mindful of him, and
the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?" The heavens were awesome to the Psalmist.
"Why God, would you even bother with us creatures down here on Earth, when you have all of this?"
He was crediting the accomplishment of the heavens to the work of God's fingers, the
work of our Lord's fingers. Just like the bride had the spiritual ability and vision
to see and perceive the beauty of her beloved’s hands, and the fingers on those two hands,
so the Psalmist appreciated what God had done. As I ponder the bride describing His hands,
how they're like rods of gold, and His nails are set so beautifully with precious jewels,
I couldn't help but think about the song I would hear as a child sung as a solo and it
would be a blessing when we would hear it shared; called "It Took a Miracle". I will
read the words and see how beautiful it is and the appreciation that was in the heart
of the writer. "My father is omnipotent and that you can't deny. A God of might and miracles,
‘tis written in the sky. It took a miracle to put the stars in place. It took a miracle
to hang this world in space, but when He saved my soul, cleansed and made me whole, it took
a miracle of love and grace. Though His glory has been shown, we still can't fully see the
wonders of His might and throne, ‘twill take eternity”. And back into the chorus,
"It took a miracle to put the stars in place. It took a miracle to hang this world in space.
But when He saved my soul, cleansed and made me whole, it took a miracle of love and grace.
The Bible tells us of His power and wisdom all way through, and every little bird and
flower are testimonies too. It took a miracle to put the stars in place. It took a miracle
to hang this world in space but when He saved my soul, cleansed and made me whole, it took
a miracle of love and grace.” Our God is a God of miracles, amen? I believe that is
an anointed and inspired song. I don't think you hear it very often ‘cause we have a
new style of music now, but it's ministered to the hearts the listeners. So the psalmist
was right. The heavens are the work of the fingers of our beautiful Lord. When you think
of the Lord's hands and you look through the scriptures and see various things written
about the acts and works of God, you see often the reference to the right hand of God because
the right-hand of God always symbolizes the seat of power, authority, dominion, the might
and the muscle of God. So the psalmist wrote about the right hand of God. In Psalms 118:16
he said, "The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.”
With strength and bravery, the right hand of God, full of might, power, miracles is
a valiant hand. The bride of Christ in the Song of Solomon is depicting His Church, which
you and I are privileged to be a part of if we are willing to accept Him as our Savior,
she is saying how beautiful His hands are. She describes his fingers and fingernails
in Mark 6:2; the mighty works performed by the hands of Jesus. Can you imagine what it
would be like to have been there and had Him put His hands on you, child of God? Some of
you don't know our Lord, but this particular program has caught your attention. You don't
know why you happened to listen. But can you imagine what it would be like to have the
Lord extend His arms and place His hand on your head and touch you with His might, His
power, His love, His grace, with His concern about you and every hair on your head that
He's already numbered and you haven't bothered to number? Can you imagine what it would be
like?