The Catcher

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 30th of April, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.”
Isaiah 41:13

Then we go to the Book of Hebrews 13:6 in the New Testament. 

So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” 

A famous old preacher from way back said, “Don’t try to hold God’s hand, let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding, and you do the trusting.” I think that is a beautiful reminder, the Lord has got hold of us. We don’t have to be concerned about that. You know, when you look at those trapeze artists in the circus, the one that we are all concentrating on is the flyer who goes through the air, doing somersaults, but we forget that the most important part of the act is actually the catcher. He is the big one with the strong arms who is flying backwards and forwards on the actual swing, and he catches the flyer. If he misses, it’s a disaster. I want to say to you that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Catcher in our lives.

Have you ever seen a fireman’s lift? Do you know what that is?  It is when someone takes a hold of your arm and they hold your forearm with their hand and you hold their forearm with your hand.  It’s a double lift, and if you are tired and you are weary (I have been there by the way) and eventually you can’t hang on anymore and you let go. You don’t fall because the fireman has got you by his hand. The fireman is nobody else but Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, and today you might feel like letting go. You might say, “Lord, I just can’t anymore.” He says, “Rest, relax, I’ve got you. Together, we can do this and we will.”

Remember the Catcher, His name is Jesus Christ. He has never dropped anybody in His life before and He is not about to drop you.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.