Engraved Upon His Palms
The value of a human soul was
settled at the cross. His death was
personal for every person.
Predestination is one of the most
supernatural words in Holy Scripture. It
is actually our biography written by our
Creator in advance. Of course, it spells
out our salvation from sin and eternal
damnation; but, it also spells out more,
much more, than salvation. The marks in
His hands had our name written in them;
but, also had our future planned by His
royal design. We were born to be kings
and priests. The churches are filled
with men and women who are living like
paupers while royal blood is coursing
through their veins.
Isaiah was a prophet that penned mind
stretching theologies. He could think
and write outside the box of his
generation. As the truth of the future
Messiah’s death arrested him, he saw the
far reaching facts. His death was not
going to be some impersonal sacrifice,
but an actual identification with every
soul born to women. Our name, actually
all of our names, was hacked in His
wounds. By the Holy Spirit Isaiah
stated,
“Behold, I have graven thee upon the
palms of my hands” (Isaiah
49:16). The word graven means hacked or
tattooed.
Can I help you discover how much He
loves you? You may think yourself to be
nobody; but, I have good news for you.
The Spirit has already spoken through
David, the first king of Israel,
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy
works; and that my soul knoweth right
well. My substance was not hid from
thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of
the earth. Thine eyes did see my
substance, yet being unperfect; and in
thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them”
(Psalm 139:14-16).
Our Creator, God, possesses perfect
“foreknowledge” of every detail of our
person. Note again what King David said,
“. . . And
in thy book (scroll) all my members were
written.” And that was before we
were made in our mother’s womb. The
human family was and is perfectly
planned and intimately loved. Just like
you know the names and features of all
your family — color of the eyes and
particulars of each personality — so our
Heavenly Father knows
“my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off”
(Psalm 139:2).
It’s wonderful to know that our Father
has such perfect “foreknowledge” of us
but that is not all. He also
“predestinated” us and planned our
perfect future right down to the minute
details. He did not create such
beautiful human creatures and leave us
to chance. His will for us is pure,
exciting, beautiful, and full of joy,
but totally dependent on our surrender
to him. The Apostle Paul said it
perfectly. This description — given by
The Holy Spirit and written by this man
of God — can change your entire life in
a matter of minutes.
You must give up your will to His will.
“For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but
if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God. For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father. The Spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God: And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified
together” (Romans 8:13-17).
Can you do this in the flesh? No, you
cannot. You must be Born Again and made
a new creature. Listen to the Holy
Spirit,
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new”
(2 Corinthians 5:17). This is a work of
grace that is wrought in you when you
turn your entire life over to Him and
rest in the cleansing and perfecting by
the blood of His cross. His blood
sacrifice is supernatural and
life-changing. Trust totally in that
price that He paid for your soul.
Now, by faith, step into a new life.
Give up your dreams and your stubborn
will and commit to His will. His will is
miles ahead of where you are right now.
You may be rich or poor, educated or
uneducated, beautiful or ordinary; but,
He wants you just exactly like you are,
completely ready to change for him. Do
not allow some imagination that Satan
puts in your mind to stop you. This has
been proven million and millions of
times. It absolutely cannot fail unless
you rebel, give up or turn back.
The Bible warns us of those who start in
this race but turn back.
“For if
after they have escaped the pollutions
of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they
are again entangled therein, and
overcome, the latter end is worse with
them than the beginning. For it had been
better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than, after they
have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them”
(2 Peter 2:20-21).
What is really exciting is to watch the
man or a woman that goes all the way
with Christ! Paul, the Apostle, was a
perfect example.
“Yea
doubtless, and I count all things but
loss for the excellency of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dung, that I may win
Christ, And be found in him, not having
mine own righteousness, which is of the
law, but that which is through the faith
of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith” (Philippians
3:8-9).
This Salty Saints is the Gospel of Jesus
Christ at its grandest level. When the
Son of God died on that cross, you were
on His mind. Your soul and life were
written in His mutilated palms. He took
your place and you do not have to be
lost. There is only one thing that
stands between every soul and the best
life in the world — that one thing is
your selfish will. The will of man is
the root of the Adamic nature and it
must be defeated. Heaven is an eternal
place where the families of those that
are surrendered to Him live forever in
perfect happiness.
