I tell you... there have been days, quite recently – there have been times when I have felt I might just slip through God’s fingers. Part of it is some of the pain physically I have been dealing with in my back and neck. But I look at how fast-paced and crazy things are getting in our world... even in our own churches... among our own circle of friends... the pace now in our culture is so frantic and hectic, harried and hurried.
And I admit that there are times I feel as though I could get lost in all this hurry, that God might misplace me in the shuffle. That I might, well... I might slip through God’s fingers. I felt that way once when I was sitting in an airport — a bad backache coupled with a poor night’s sleep, a deep disappointment the day before, and not being home had all, well, it all conspired to get me really down on myself... and when I get down on myself, I unconsciously get down on God.
Those dark moods have me thinking that He’s off somewhere attending to other more obedient Christians; and here I am stuck under this heavy cloud of doubt and disappointment. Those are the times when I have felt that He has “more important” affairs to sort out, that God got me up that morning and kind of patted me on the head, sent me out the door, and told me He’ll be thinking of me through the day, bye, bye, and He would meet me for quiet time later on when I would get back home. There I was, out there somewhere, standing dumbfounded and a little bewildered in the midst of a harried and hectic day, and I have frankly at times almost felt like I was ... lost.
Anybody out there identify? Hello! I bet you do. Do you ever, in one of those inconsistent moments... one of those surrealistic days where everything looks and feels and seems like a blur... do you ever think you just might slip through God’s fingers?
Friend, I’m here to tell you can’t. It’s impossible. After all, you are one of His fingers. God’s not up there and you’re down here. He’s not disconnected from you, sending you out the door in the morning in hopes that you’ll make it back in one piece. God’s not over there and you’re not over here. And He certainly isn’t gallivanting off somewhere, interested in more obedient believers who are worthy of His attention.
No, Romans 6:5 assures you that, “If we have been united with him in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.”
In other words, the anchor is that you are one with Him. Together. United and unified. In Him you move and breathe and have your very being. The Holy Spirit resides inside you and that’s about as up-close-and-personal as you can get. You are part of His body, you’re not disconnected, you’re not lost somewhere, you are connected, indeed, one of His fingers.
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