Hold to God's Unchanging Hand

This post is titled after a song I grew up hearing my mother and my Grandmother (on her side) sing to themselves either as they worked or in times of prayer. To get a full effect, read each verse and then follow it with the chorus:

Time is filled with swift transition,
Naught of earth unmoved can stand,
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!

Chorus:
Hold to God's unchanging hand
Hold to God's unchanging hand
Build your hope on things eternal
Hold to God's unchanging hand.

Trust in Him who will not leave you,
Whatsoever years may bring;
If by earthly friends forsaken,
Still more closely to Him cling!

Covet not this world's vain riches,
That so rapidly decay;
Seek to gain the heav'nly treasures,
They will never pass away!

When your journey is completed,
If to God you have been true;
Fair and bright the home in glory,
Your enraptured soul will view!

"I heard Mama and Papa sing this as they went about their work from as far back as I can remember. It means so much to me." Betty Strickland, commenting on the this song.

I called my mom today and asked her to send me the words to the song, "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand." As I was meditating on it, I thought of yet another old song, with words that compliment the one above.

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus love and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus name.

Chorus:
On Christ the solid rock I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.

I hope you will let its timeless message break through to your soul and spirit today. The core message of the Bible, is that Jesus Himself has stood between us and the destruction that we, through our sins, deserved. That He, himself, took our place in God's judgement of sin and gave us a share in His eternal place of favor with God. And that, finally, the only requirements for receiving this immeasurable gift of forgiveness of sins and redemption for both now and forever, are for you to believe this great news and to vocally identify yourself with him, by making him the king of your life. What that means is that you pray to God and say something to this effect:

Almighty God,
I come to you with nothing in my hand to pay you what I owe you.
You are God, the Creator of everything in the material world.
What can I bring to you that you don't already have?
Only one thing. I bring you my right to choose.
I believe that Jesus lived a righteous life.
I believe that Jesus died for my sins, a just person dying for an unjust person.
I believe that what he did on the cross satisfied my debt to you, owed because of my personal sins.
From here on, I identify myself with Jesus as my Lord and Commander. Everything I can learn about him and what he wants me to do, I will make it my business to learn it and do it.
I know I will need your help and I ask you for it now.
I Make Jesus my Lord, Now and Forever!
Amen.

So, what are you waiting for?
Do it now!
Welcome to the Family!


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