Bridgeway Christian Church

I have noticed over the years that there are many places in the Bible that mention His “touch”.  Sometimes it was the hand of God the Father, sometimes the hand of Jesus, the Son and sometimes the anthropomorphic hand of God.  That simply means the attribution of human characteristics to our supernatural God.

The instance that first got me thinking about His touch is found in Genesis when Noah had finished building the ark and was moving his family and all the animals in before the rains came.  In Genesis 7:16 it says “Then the Lord shut him in.”  Almighty God touched the door of the ark!!!  If the ark is ever found for sure, I want to touch that door.  I want to touch where God touched.  Wouldn’t that be cool?

Also in the book of Genesis, there are several other places where God the Father/Creator touched something or someone.  In Chapter 2 God made the first man, Adam, from the dust of the ground and then touched him as He breathed His breath into Adam’s nostrils.  Later in the same chapter God performed the first surgery when He put Adam to sleep and removed one of his ribs to make Eve.  Sadly, in chapter 3 we see that God had to kill an animal and make garments to cover Adam and Eve due to their disobedience.  He as Heavenly Father touched the animal as He prepared their coverings.

In Exodus 31:18 it says that God gave Moses the two tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.  Wow!  I wonder where the stone tablets came from.  God must have hewn them Himself perhaps right from the mountain.

In Jeremiah 1 it tells us that us that Jeremiah was told to speak for God and he expressed reservation about being able to do that.  In verse 9 it says that God touched his mouth with His hand and God put His words in Jeremiah’s mouth.

In Daniel 5, King Belshazzar was celebrating and abusing items taken from the temple of God.  Suddenly, something like a human hand, unattached to any body, began writing a message to the king on the wall.  That was God’s “touch” in a very unusual way.

In the New Testament there are many examples of the touch of God when Jesus healed the blind and sick; raised the dead; and broke the bread and fish as He fed thousands.

He touched Peter’s hand when Peter became afraid when walking on the water to the Lord and in Luke 9 He held a child close.

In Luke 22 we see where Jesus cradled a man’s ear and reattached it after Peter had impetuously swiped it off with his sword.

In the Book of John, chapter 8 we find the account of the woman caught in adultery and when Jesus confronted her accusers, He began to write in the dirt.  He touched the dirt to give a message to those who would stone her and they all left.

In the gospels we read the sad and glorious story of the crucifixion and we read that Jesus carried His own cross.  In John 20 it tells us that He breathed on His disciples and gave them the Holy Spirit.  Breathe on me, breath of God!

Finally, in John 21 we find that the Lord cooked a barb-b-que for his followers and then served them breakfast.  I want that meal.

I am an emotional guy and I have to admit, I am a “touchy-feely” type of person.  When I pray, I often tell the Lord that I wish I could see Him and fall at His feet and actually hug His feet and let my tears fall on them.  I know I have to wait until Heaven to do that but I can’t wait to have His touch on me!

Perhaps you would like to do your own search and find all the instances where God touched someone or something.  I keep a running list and add to it as I discover them.

Blessings on you.