At The Right Hand
Posted by:
Bible Blogger on
September 20, 2007 at
12:19AM EST
I have a problem.
I get songs stuck in my head very easily and sometimes they can stick around for days at a time.
Right now, "My Savior, My God" by Aaron Shust is echoing around the
ample space in my brain cavity. If you're not familiar with the song,
I'd recommend checking it out. The song opens with Aaron singing:
"
I am not skilled to understand what God has willed, what God has planned.
I only know at his right hand
stands one who is my savior."
I look at those lyrics...and hear Aaron singing them in my head...and I
just lay here in awe of the mighty truth in those words. The scripture
often talks of the fact we as men can have no idea what God has planned
for those who love him and are called according to his purpose. The
rest of our lives are all mapped out ahead of us and God knows every
decision we will make and every sin we're going to avoid or commit.
Nothing is going to surprise him but all of it will likely surprise
us. We cannot say with any certainty about anything because it's all
on God's hands except for the one truth that Jesus, our Savior, is
right next to God.
"And [Stephen] said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God.”" - Acts 7:56 (ESV)
He was there for Stephen and He is standing there right now for all of
us. For how long you ask? Forever. As Aaron sings in the chorus of
the song:
"My savior loves, my savior lives, my savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is, My God he's always gonna be
"
No matter where we go or what we do we're going to have Christ right
there beside us. It doesn't matter if you're praising the Lord for
answered prayers in Lubbock, Texas or fighting off a massive Satanic
attack in Jacksonville, Florida or just facing the day-to-day in Boise,
Idaho. Christ is always at the right hand of the Father and stepping
in on our behalf because he paid the penalty for all of our sins.
Personally, I can't thank Him enough for that!
