What's In Your Hand? by Jentezen Franklin
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By Jentezen Franklin
"So the Lord said to him, 'What is that in your hand?'" Exodus 4:2 (NKJV) When Moses stood trembling, unsure of himself and afraid of failure, God didn't give him a sword, an army, or a new voice. He asked a simple question: "What is that in your hand?" Moses looked down and saw a rod. Just a stick. It had no power, no glory, no worth in the eyes of Pharaoh. But God saw something else. He saw the beginning of miracles. He told Moses to throw it down, and when he did, it became a serpent.
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“So the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’” Exodus 4:2 (NKJV)
When Moses stood trembling, unsure of himself and afraid of failure, God didn’t give him a sword, an army, or a new voice. He asked a simple question: “What is that in your hand?”
Moses looked down and saw a rod. Just a stick. It had no power, no glory, no worth in the eyes of Pharaoh. But God saw something else. He saw the beginning of miracles. He told Moses to throw it down, and when he did, it became a serpent. That lifeless stick turned into something living, something dangerous, something powerful. And when Moses picked it up again, it turned back into a rod.
That rod would later part the Red Sea. It would strike a rock and bring water. It would be lifted in battle and bring victory. But in that moment, it was just what Moses already had. And that’s what God wants you to see.
You keep asking God for new things, for more signs, more resources, more confidence. But He’s asking you to look at what’s already in your hand. Maybe it’s a talent, a story, a position, a relationship, or even a past you thought disqualified you. God doesn’t need something shiny. He just needs something surrendered.
God can take the ordinary and make something extraordinary.
You may feel unequipped, but God isn't asking you to be impressive. He’s asking you to trust Him. The rod didn’t have power on its own. It had power when it was in the hands of a man who obeyed God. When God touches what you already carry, miracles begin to happen.
So the question today is simple. What’s in your hand? And will you lay it down at God’s word? Will you trust Him enough to give it back to Him? He’s not waiting for perfection. He’s waiting for obedience.
That thing you think is ordinary may be the very thing God wants to use to shake nations, break chains, and build faith. So don’t hide it. Don’t downplay it. Hold it out to Him and watch what happens when you place it in His hands.
Jentezen Franklin
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"…No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly." Psalms 84:11 God's Word gives us a divine blueprint for fulfilling the vision He has placed within us. Habakkuk 2:2-3 says, "Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come…" In other words, you get what you see. Vision is the ability to see a day you haven't yet walked into. It's catching a glimpse of the future God has prepared for you and believing it will happen before you ever step foot in it.
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Joshua's words went out to "the chosen generation." God had waited until all those who were stiff-necked and rebellious had grown old and died. That younger generation would go forth and inherit the promises. After they crossed the Jordan, God told Joshua to "make flint knives for yourself and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time," (Josh. 5:2). The older generation was circumcised, but the younger generation had not been. They were to bear the mark of covenant in their flesh before God would take them any further.
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"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 In Psalm 109, David sets an incredible example. He talks about how his enemy hates, falsely accuses, and fights him without cause, but his reaction to this is inspirational. He says, "But I give myself to prayer." In Hebrew, this phrase is translated as "But I am prayer."
