“Behold,
As the eyes of servants look unto
The hand of their masters,
So our eyes wait upon
The Lord our God.”
Ps .123:2
Have you ever been in a room with Royalty? Or a high-level leader? A respected person with power? Familiar imagery is that of the “Leader” or “Master” surrounded by other people who are there just to provide whatever may be requested by the most important one in the room.
I had never caught this detail before: “…eyes…look to the hand of their master.” It may be a slight movement that activates the response of the watching servant. If the servant is not paying attention to his master’s hand, he loses trust of his master. He/she is more preoccupied with other things going on in the room, or in his own mind. The initial message is non-verbal…just a move of the hand. It is wordless communication which has been learned through experience.
I imagine it requires great focus for a servant to keep his eyes on the hand of his Master. He needs to be in the room. He/she needs to block out all the distractions going on around him/her, though significant they may be. When the hand moves, the response must come. Focus on that hand could affect trust, necessary actions, relationship and confidence. It means that everything else going on in the room becomes secondary. Everything else in the life of that servant takes a step back from the priority of watching that hand and responding appropriately.
Whoever we are, if we have become servants to our Master, “the Lord our God”, we need to follow this example in the Psalms. Am I available? Am I paying attention? Am I willing to respond? What are my distractions? What has my higher focus? Are my eyes on Him to the point that I would even notice that His Hand has moved… signaling something to me without words?
His Hand carries deep scars. For me. For you. Out of Love that is far beyond human capacity. If I focus on His Hand, whatever He does with it, it embodies the Greatest Love, and Highest Calling.
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