Hands Wide-Open

            “If you live with your hands balled up in fists, you can only have as much as you can hold, but if you leave your hands wide-open, you’re free to have and give more.”

            An old Sunday school teacher of mine told me something like that above quote a long time ago, and recently, my heart and mind wandered back to that lesson. I remember listening to her talk about holding on to things instead of letting God give and take as He pleased. She said closing our fists was symbolic of us trying to have control over our lives instead of letting go and letting the Holy Spirit lead us.

            I agree with her.

            I’ve seen how I’ve tried to control my own life, time, money, gifts, and talents. Even though I know my ways are not as good, sometimes I let the flesh win and I attempt to live a “safe” life that in reality isn’t worth living at all. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live my life with closed fists, only being able to hold a tiny fraction of the life God has planned for me. So, I’ll stretch my fingers out and let the Spirit lead.

            My prayer is that I will learn the voice of the Spirit so well that when He says to go, I go and when He says to stay, I stay. I want to be so open that when the Holy Spirit says to give, I give no matter the cost.

            I will purposely stretch out my hands and allow the Spirit to take flight in my life. Every day I see Him move, and I know that it’s only the beginning of my story in His story.  

            Will you stretch your hands wide-open and let the Spirit lead? Freedom and life is found in surrendering your control to the One who knows you better than you know yourself. Stretch out your hands and live in freedom.

Living Life Together,

Rebecca Thomas