By His Hand Poem by Denis Martindale

From first to last, the Lord holds fast to all that He has planned,
Resources cast across the past determined by His hand,
As mortals choose their destinies, whatever fate allows,
With times of wars and times of peace, signed treaties, spoken vows.
Humanity within God's gaze, no matter, day or night,
And by His hand, He points out ways, with wisdom and insight.

While planets spin, like Earth and Mars, each with their grains of sand,
Behold the sun, the moon and stars grant light to understand,
So challenge God at every turn, and you find nought to gain,
Without humility to learn, and all complaints restrain,
For what is Man, once born of dust, that he could know God's best?
Without the Lord, who could we trust, and make sure we are blessed?

Can kings command the stars to move or comets near the Earth?
Or stop the sun, as if to prove Man's darkness has some worth?
Or heal the air, the lands, the seas that Man pollutes each year?
Or grant souls everlasting peace and wipe away each tear?
Yet God gives Man some time to pray, beseeching if he will,
Requesting time to live God's way, for God is faithful still.

The Lord will hear the humble heart, the broken heart as well,
And grant each one a brand new start, redeeming souls from Hell.
Praise God, give thanks, for preachers preach to billions far and wide,
The Saviour, Jesus, came to teach and yet was crucified,
Christ shed His blood with love because His death meant sin was gone,
When left to die upon the Cross, as Mary still looked on.

With one hand left, and one hand right, each nailed and held above,
Christ proved that He had won the fight, behold the King of Love,
The reign of evil overthrown, Jesus had risen, indeed,
God's pardon seen, by His hand shown, as promised, now decreed.
Behold the Lord's amazing grace, pristine, refined like gold!
No wonder that we should embrace the greatest story ever told!


Denis Martindale. October 2020.


This Gospel poem is a tribute to GOD TV's 25 years of sharing
the Gospel Of Jesus across the world and the TV shows called
By His Hand shown on the GOD TV channel in October 2020.