hands

i think that most people are familiar with the song "He's got the whole world in His hands".  even those who are not so much 'religious' tend to understand it to be about a divine being watching over the world.  and while i do agree that GOD (the divine being) is most definitely concerned about the goings on of the earth, it still seems very general and even distant to me. 

now while i understand my GOD to be big, huge, magnificent, indescribable and thus totally capable of holding the whole world in His hands, i am also beginning to see Him as a very close & personal GOD to me!  a little while ago i was wrestling with a statement that seems to be prevalent in the church..."if you were the only person on earth, JESUS would still have died for you."  i am not a theologian, and therefore not willing to even debate the validity of this statement.  however, i was mulling this idea over in my head as i walked around my neighborhood early one morning.  i was praying about this very foreign concept of being the only person on earth - and honestly i just couldn't grasp it.  i couldn't picture a world with only me.  and then i heard GOD whisper in my spirit, "no, you are not the only one on the earth.  but in the midst of the billions of people - I see you - walking down stafford drive this morning.  I know you and care about you and your world today." 

kristian stanfill has a song out that says "i will not worry or fret, my GOD is the GOD who will never forget.  all of His goodness and all of His promises, holding my world in His hands."  my world - my everyday situations, problems, joys, concerns...my life is important to Him. 

my world is in His hands.