Do you ever wonder
if God has hands?
And how He formed the face
of this beautiful land?
How He carved the mountains
and the valley below?
Did He hand-pick every green thing
and tell them all to grow?
Do you ever wonder?
Do you ever wonder if God has hands?
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! Psalm 90:17
Do you ever marvel over the simplest things? Like hands, for instance….
We totally take them for granted! It’s AMAZING the things we can do with our hands! The fact that I can sit here and type all these letters out, and all 10 of my fingers can work together independently is a miracle!
And how about-
Tying our shoes?
or lacing your fingers through someone else’s hand?
how about painting… or coloring?
or playing piano?
I am so thankful for the hands God gave me!
I have often thought back to my early days of taking piano lessons. I was about 12, and my teacher was in his early 20’s. I clearly remember him saying this during one of my early lessons-
“You know, you don’t really have “piano hands”…your fingers aren’t long enough…”
And I remember feeling a lump in my throat and a sinking feeling in my heart.
Because playing piano was the ONLY thing besides singing that I loved doing! So what that my fingers are short and stubby?
I didn’t let that stop me from doing what I loved.
As I continued playing piano, I improvised when I needed to- like omitting those crazy chords that had over an octave span. I learned that it was ok to not play every note on the page and that playing piano with passion could make up for any technical skills I was lacking.
And honestly, I hated playing piano in front of people. Extreme “stage fright” came over me whenever I had a recital, or even when someone asked for me to play for them. I have often said it felt like I was a pet being asked to do a “trick”. So besides teaching lessons, I only played for my own enjoyment.
Until I completely gave my life to Jesus. I told Him that day- even the music I played would be His!
That was a life-changing moment for me. Within a few months, I began leading worship.
And the most amazing thing happens to me every Sunday when I lead worship-it’s almost like He puts gloves on my hands. I don’t even have to think about what I’m playing. The worship music just flows-it’s like my fingers are dancing across the keys! It is the most wonderful miracle that He allows me to play in such a way that I am able to be 100% focused on Him and worship when I am leading music at church.
So, no- I’m not the best pianist. And singing? There are better out there. But when we say YES to God, He takes whatever our limited talents are and He makes up the difference.
Our ability to be used is not limited by our short comings (or short fingers, in my case 😉
Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me- 2 Corinthians 12:9
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