In the Father’s Hands

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”

Luke 23:46

The whole life of Jesus had been in the hands of His Father, and now at His death, Jesus committed His spirit into the Father’s hands.

Here’s what happens at death to a believer—your spirit goes into the immediate presence of God: To be “away from the body” is to be “at home with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8). Whatever happens to your body, your spirit is safe in the Father’s hands.

Your body may be ravaged with cancer. Your body may be horribly injured in an accident or even lost at sea. Whatever happens to your body, your spirit will be safe in the hands of God.

In the Father’s hands is a marvellous place to be! Jesus had been in the hands of sinners (Mat. 26:45), but at His death He placed His spirit in the Father’s hands. The Father’s hands are eternally secure. No one can snatch you out of the Father’s hands (John 10:28).

There is a story about a man whose wife died from a sudden illness. His life was devastated, and he was really struggling when someone said to him, “You can’t tell her what you want to say, but she’s in the Father’s hands. You can ask the Father to tell her for you.” In life, in death, and for all eternity, there is no better place to be than in the Father’s hands.

Do you believe there’s no better place to be after you die than in the Father’s hands? How about while you are here on earth?