IN GOD’S HAND

John 10:22-30
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God

22 It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. 23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

25 Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name. 26 But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”


Max Lucado titled one of his books “In The Grip of Grace”. When you come to God, through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, He gets a hold on you that the devil and all his demons cannot break. When you are in the grip of grace, nothing and no one can snatch you away.

The assurance of my salvation comforts my spirit as I face trials, tribulation, sickness, weakness, grief, disappointment or heavy burdens. You pick a word that describes where you are. When you are in Christ, wherever your external circumstances has you, the eternal grip of God holds you.

“No on can snatch them from the Father’s hand.”