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He Has Filled Your Hands to Do His Works - Javan Smith - Charis Daily - Season 13 Ep. 14

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Main ideas / concepts

  • If you are in Christ, the Holy Spirit is in you—therefore the Lord has already filled your hands with His power, even if you don’t consciously realize it.
  • Scripture shows that God performs signs and wonders through human hands, not only through Paul or the early apostles (see Acts 19; Acts 14).
  • The “filled hands” concept connects back to the Old Testament priesthood, where priests were equipped so they would not minister empty-handed.
  • The sermon argues that believers are a “royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9). In a greater New Covenant way, this means you are fully equipped to minister at “full strength.”
  • An Old Testament ritual for cleansing a leper (Leviticus 14, described in the context of Mark 1) is used as a picture of how God:
    • Sanctifies/cleanses through blood (Christ’s redemption), and then
    • Empowers through the Holy Spirit (symbolized by oil),
    • leading to the ability to hear God, do God’s works, and go where He sends.
  • Multiple biblical examples reinforce the theme that God’s power works through what He has put in your hand, even when you feel weak:
    • Jesus feeding the multitude: the multiplication occurred in the disciples’ hands after they surrendered what they had.
    • Moses and the rod: Moses’ sense of inadequacy is countered by God’s question, “What’s in your hand?”; the rod becomes a sign of trust and later is called “the rod of God.”
  • Key exhortation: Stop focusing on feelings of inadequacy and instead ask God to reveal what He has put in your hands—because you are never empty-handed.

Method / instructions (prayer-like application steps)

  • Insert yourself into Acts 14:3 and Acts 19:11 by personally applying the promises:

    • From Acts 14:3, say (as a personal confession/prayer):

      • “He grants signs and wonders to be done by my hands.”
      • “Lord, show me what You’ve put in my hands.”
      • “Thank You for causing signs and wonders to happen by Your Spirit through my hands.”

    • From Acts 19:11, about unusual miracles, expect the Lord to do miracles through you and say:

      • “Lord, I thank You that You’re going to do unusual miracles and signs and wonders through my hands because You have filled my hands.”

  • Practice faith-focused acknowledgment (referenced via Philemon 1:6):

    • Acknowledge “every good thing” in you in Christ.
    • When you feel weary/frail/unqualified, respond with:
      • “Lord, remind me what You put in my hands.”
      • “I’m not feeling like I have what it takes, but show me what You’ve equipped me to do.”

  • Interpret feelings through identity, not performance:

    • If you feel inadequate, insecure, tired, or weary, remember:
      • “He has filled my hands.”
      • “I can still minister at full strength.”

Scriptural / theological connections used

  • New Testament examples of “hands”

    • Acts 19:11: “God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul.”
    • Acts 14:3: “Signs and wonders… to be done by their hands.”

  • Old Testament “filled hands” wording

    • Numbers 3:3: priestly consecration expressed literally as “fill the hands” (Hebrew: male yad = “fill” + “hand”).
    • 2 Kings 9:24: the same phrase (“filled hands/full strength”) is tied to acting with full power/strength.

  • Leper cleansing as a model

    • Leviticus 14 (referenced): blood applied to right ear lobe, right thumb, right big toe, then oil applied to the same places.
    • Symbols interpreted as:
      • Ear → empowered to hear God’s voice
      • Thumb/hand → empowered to do God’s works
      • Foot/toe → empowered to go wherever God sends
    • Right side connected to sonship (right hand of the Father; sonship relationship to God).

  • Priesthood identity

    • 1 Peter 2:9: believers made “a royal priesthood.”
    • Revelation 5:10: made kings and priests.
    • Psalm 110: referenced for Melchizedek and priesthood order (supporting that Christ’s priesthood is “higher order,” into which believers are brought).

  • Moses illustration

    • Exodus 4: God asks, “What’s that in your hand?”; rod becomes a serpent and back; eventually called “the rod of God” after Moses surrendered it.

  • Jesus illustration

    • John 4 / woman at the well: Jesus is wearied but still reveals He has what to give; used to teach that weariness doesn’t remove spiritual capability.
    • Gospels’ feeding miracle (referenced generally): disciples’ hands are where the multiplication happens after surrender.

Main lesson

  • God’s power is placed into believers’ hands (by the Holy Spirit and Christ’s consecration). Therefore, you are:
    • equipped to minister,
    • empowered to do God’s works,
    • able to go where He sends,
    • and you should respond to weakness by faith-confessing and asking God to make real to you what’s in your hands.

Speakers / sources featured

  • Javan Smith (host/teacher)
  • Andrew Wommack (mentioned; referenced as author of the booklet)
  • Biblical sources used in the teaching:
    • Acts 19:11; Acts 14:3; Numbers 3:3; 2 Kings 9:24; 1 Peter 2:9; Psalm 110:4; Revelation 5:10; Mark 1; Leviticus 14:10–18; John 4; Exodus 4:1ff; Exodus 4:20–21; Proverbs 3; Philemon 1:6

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