The Open Hand

We started our study of the Hebrew letter Kaf this week; which means The Open Hand. Just like an open hand, it expects to receive something from that which it trusts. What will happen if you opened your heart like that to the Lord daily?

-Raquel

Hebrew Word Pictures
by Dr. Frank T. Seekins

The letter Kaf is used in the Hebrew words for: Yes, A Priest, All-Whole-Everything, To Forgive-To Atone, Like-According To.

Psalm 119:81-88
81 My soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
82 My eyes fail from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me wrongfully;
Help me!
87 They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

Each of the verses in the eleventh stanza of the Psalm 119 starts with the letter Kaf. Because the letter Kaf is the open hand, these eight verses tells us that we all need the open hand of God. Cry out for His lovingkindness! Remember that it is not the hand of man you need, it is the open hand of God's lovingkindness that will revive your life and soul.

MY HAND IN GOD'S
By Florence Scripps Kellogg

Each morning when I wake I say,
"I place my hand in God's today;"
I know He'll walk close by my side
My every wandering step to guide.

He leads me with the tenderest care
When paths are dark and I despair--
No need for me to understand
If I but hold fast to His hand.

My hand in His! No surer way
to walk in safety through each day.
By His great bounty I am fed;
Warmed by His love, and comforted.

When at day's end I seek my rest
And realize how much I'm blessed,
My thanks pour out to Him; and then
I place my hand in God's again.