1 Samuel 28:1-29:11; Isaiah 66:1-24; Romans 8:18-39
Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1, NKJV
How did God do this training? Perhaps not as we think. Was it when David’s fingers wrote psalms of praise, as his hands played his harp in worship? It was then that David was being trained to look to the One who gives victories, the Almighty. As his hands ran through the wool of his sheep in search of injuries or irritations, David could picture the Lord’s hands searching his soul for those weaknesses that would cost him a battle. We too may train our hands for our battles—by writing out Scripture, by making music, by lifting them in praise, by doing the work God has given
us. Thus we too will call the Lord our Rock. —M. MacMullen
Take my hands and let them move,
At the impulse of Thy love. —Fanny J. Crosby