What is in Your Hand?

Everyone wants to create multiple steams of income, but what has God already given you? You are afraid to take a leap of faith by going forward with the business plan or writing the book, but yet you are still praying for more money and money making opportunities.

In Matthew 25, Jesus tells His disciples about 3 men, their master, and the talents (money) that he gave them to be a steward over while he went on a journey. One servant got 5 talents, the second servant got 4 talents, and the third servant got 1 talent. While the master was gone, two of the servants were wise with what they were given and doubled their master’s money. The third servant
operated in fear and buried his talent. As it was, the master came back unexpectedly and asked the servants about the talents that they were given. Two of the servants, who were good stewards over the talents that they had, were given even more talents, but the third steward was called lazy because he hid the talent that he had been given, and what he had was taken away because he refused to do anything with it.

Let me ask you something. What is in your hand that God has made you a steward over? Do you write, draw, design, play instruments, or do hair? Are you an entrepreneur or a speaker who refuses to speak? Whatever your talent is, you complain to God or blame Him for what you don’t have, but yet you are burying the talents that He has given to you. Why should God give you more when you refuse to do anything with what is already in your hand?

You must know and understand that fear has no place in purpose. Consider what is in your hand and refuse to allow fear to continue to bury it.

In the book of Exodus, after Moses left Egypt, overtime, he developed an attitude of comfortability and fear. He got into a place where he refused to flow in his call because the last time that he tried to do so, things didn’t turn out so well. Moses was not wrong for what he did, but he was just out of season.

Sara Jakes Roberts did a message entitled “Sent Back”. In this message, Sara mentioned that Moses was sent back to the place that he ran from. He moved out of season and the backlash that he received scared him, but God sent him back because now it was his season to flow with the plans of God instead of flowing with passion alone.

Your passion needs Jesus!

After being comfortably uncomfortable in a strange land, God meets Moses as he is with the sheep. God gets Moses’s attention by causing a bush to burn, but not be consumed. Amazed, Moses walked over to bush and responded when his name was called. God didn’t ask Moses anything, He told him what he would be used to do. In fear, Moses gives God a list of excuses of why he couldn’t possibly be the one to do all that the Lord was telling him that he would and then God asked Moses a fundamental question; what is that in your hand?”(Exodus 4:1)

For a second, consider the fact that you may be in a fire, but you will not be consumed. The bush burned with the fire of God and was used to draw another person into the personal presence of God. As you go through, this will be your life’s testimony. You may have been in a fire and the fire should have taken you out, but God will get the increase because you were purified and not consumed. The fire is what will qualify you, not the acceptance of people.

“God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the call”- Anonymous

Let me ask you this, what has God placed into your hand that you have no control over? You didn’t ask for it. You don’t understand it, but it’s a tool that God pulls out of you from time to time. What has God given you that you try to hide or if it does show, you try to normalize it as if it’s not an anointing. Who have you prophesied to? Where have you prayed? Who have you been in contact with that your life says that you shouldn’t be around? What has God placed into your hand that you don’t consider to be a blessing? Your talent?

Moses was the least likely to be raised in pharaoh’s house. David was the least likely to be made a king. Both of theses men had something divine in their hand; the anointing.

In 2Kings 4, we meet a woman who needed money to pay a debt. She went to the prophet Elisha and he asked her what she had in her house? The woman said she had nothing, but a jar of oil. The oil is all that you need! The man of God told the woman to borrow more jars from her neighbors, shut her door, and then fill all the jars. The oil multiplied because of her obedience! The oil ceased when there were no more jars to fill! How much more can God do for you? Again, I ask you; what is in your hand?

Lord, do you remember when Moses was insecure and you asked him what was in his hand. What bout the the woman in 2kings with the jar of oil? How about the woman who you used the prophet Elijah to bless with the oil and flour? Lord, you did it for them and I know that you can do it for me also. Show me what I am minimizing. Show me what is in my hand and direct me on how to use it for your glory in Jesus name. Lord, I pray against fear of the unknown. I don’t have to fear because you know all things. You will protect me in my obedience to you. Lord increase my faith as I use what you have already given me. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Recommended Reading: Matthew 25:14-29, 2 Kings 4:4-7, Exodus 4, 1 Kings 17:8-16

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