The Hand of the Lord

1 Kings 18:46
"And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."

The Bible tells us that the stars are God's handiwork. Incomprehensibly giant orbs of blazing gases, burning in a way we hardly even understand let alone replicate, are what God created as His handiwork. When most think of something done as handiwork, we might think of knitting or whittling. God's handiwork is on a scale we cannot even comprehend.

God is compared to a potter in Scripture, forming us, His lumps of clay, with those same hands that formed the stars. Those same hands that touched the eyes of the blind man, and picked the lame up to stand on their feet. The same hands that held children and blessed them and broke bread to feed a hungry crowd. Those same hands that would one day be nailed to a cross and bleed for our salvation.

That was the hand that was on Elijah. Many miracles happened that day in Elijah's life, however perhaps the greatest is the hand of the Creator God, deigning to rest on His lowly creation.

Have I ever seen God's hand on my life? Why did Elijah see that in his?