What Kind Of Hands Do You Have?

God gave us two hands because God has a lot for us to do for Him. The shame of many today is that they will use their hands to provide for themselves, but will not use them to provide for the work of the Lord.

Illus: Our hands are very valuable to us, but some hands are more valuable than others.

• A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.00 dollars. In Michael Jordan’s hands it’s worth about $33 million.

• A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.00 dollars. In Mark McGuire’s hands it’s worth about $19 million.

• A rod in my hands will keep a wild animal away. A rod in Moses’ hands parted a mighty sea.

• A sling shot in my hands is a child’s toy. A sling shot in David’s hands was a mighty weapon.

• Two fish and five loaves of bread in my hands is lunch. Two fish and five loaves of bread in Jesus’ hands fed thousands.

• Nails in my hands will produce a birdhouse. Nails in Jesus’ hands produced salvation for the world.

It all depends upon whose hands it’s in.

The way folks have used their hands in this society in which we live has made a lot of difference for the GOOD and the BAD!

• While all of us have similar hands PHYSCIALLY, yet when we place them side by side we see a difference in them.

• And the same thing is true when it comes to our SPIRITUAL HANDS. When Christians compare them side by side, they can see vast differences.

In the first sermon, I talked to you about having WORKING HANDS. I showed that the Lord Jesus had working hands.

He was a carpenter. Look at Mark 6:3, we read, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.”

Those PRECIOUS HANDS THAT WERE NAILED TO A CROSS FOR OUR SINS most likely had scratches, cuts, and calluses from the hard work that he did as a carpenter.

If we are going to be Christ-like in the way folks see us each day, we can not be lazy, because you never see the Lord laying around under some shade tree in the scriptures.

It seems that when it comes to having working hands, the government hires their share of lazy people. But not only do they seem to be lazy, when they do work what they do does not make any sense.

Illus: Did you hear about the two city employees?

One day a man noticed some city employee furiously digging holes along the road side, then another man would come behind him and quickly fill the hole with the same dirt that was taken out. They were drenched in sweat.

The man watching from the sidewalk couldn't believe how hard they were working, but also couldn't understand what they were doing.

Finally he said: "I'm confused. You dig a hole and then your coworker comes behind you and fills it up again!"

The digger leaned on his shovel and replied, "Oh yeah, it must look funny. You see, the lazy rascal who plants the trees is sick again today! But we are still getting paid to do our job!”

We Christians should have working hands. In fact, if you go to any factory in this country, the best employees should be Christians who are representing Christ. But that is not always the case.

Illus: A Christian man was applying for a job.

• The manager said: "I'm sorry I can't hire you, because there isn't enough work to keep you busy."

• The applicant said: "You'd be surprised how little it takes."

Illus: Did you hear about four fellows each claiming they had the best dog in the world?

• The first was an engineer, who said his dog could do math calculations. His dog is named T-square, and he told him to get some paper and draw a square, a circle, and a triangle, which the dog did with no problem.

• The accountant said his dog was better. His dog was named Slide Rule. He told him to fetch a dozen cookies, bring them back and divide them into piles of 3, which he did with no problem.

• The chemist said that was good, but his dog was better. His dog Measure was told to get a quart of milk and pour 7 ounces into a 10 ounce glass. The dog did this with no problem.

All 3 men agreed this was very good and all the dogs were equally smart. They all turned to the union member and said, "What can your dog do?"