LOOK AT MY HANDS…TOUCH ME

Luke 24:38-39 And He (Jesus) said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.

Can you imagine the way the disciples were feeling after seeing Jesus, the one they loved, nailed to a wooden cross, and the finality of it all? It seemed as though everything had come to an end. But then we see them all together and suddenly that same Jesus, is standing right there in front of them! No wonder they were frightened! I think I would have been troubled as well! 

But Jesus appeared to them to stop their doubts in their tracks. They’d seen His hands heal Jairus’s daughter, they’d seen His hands laid on the blind man’s eyes so He could see, seen His hands stop a funeral and raise a young man from the dead so he could be restored to his mum. They’d seen His hands, only days before, washing their own feet, wiping them with a towel. They’d seen His feet walk mile upon mile with them.

Now He says, “Look at My hands, look at My feet. Touch Me ….” Can you just imagine them looking at each other, filled with apprehension, gingerly reaching out their hands and touching His hands, those precious hands that had just been nailed to the Cross. Can you see them look up into His loving eyes in wonder and amazement when they realise He’s real and He has actually defeated death and risen from the dead!

Jesus says the same to us today. It’s like He’s saying shut your eyes and see me through the eyes of your spirit, touch me and know I am alive forevermore. Reach out by faith and touch Me every time you read My Word. I give My peace, my reassurance to you, will you receive it, will you take it? Let it calm all your fears and doubts once and for all. Don’t let doubts arise in your hearts anymore.  I’ve shed My blood for you, now receive My forgiveness, My healing for your body and mind, and know I have made you righteous. Look at My hands and feet - it is done and I am alive forevermore. Glory to God.

Have a blessed weekend as you too see His nail pierced hands reaching out to you.🙂