Preaching over Honor Weekend, Pastor Justin builds the whole message on Peter's link between the hand of God and honor, which frees us from chasing recognition because honor comes from the Lord. He walks through four things God's hand can do, starting with the truth that His hand is big enough to bless you, since God wants to be involved in your family, work, marriage, rest, and enjoyment, not just part of your life. From there he shows that His hand is secure enough to keep you, because unlike people who have broken our trust, our Father can be trusted with our worries, our hope, and our very souls. When pain whispers that God has forgotten us, Pastor Justin points to Isaiah and to the cross to show that His hand is scarred so as not to forget you, with wounds Jesus still carries as proof of His love. Finally he names our deepest issue as a sin problem too heavy for our own hands, which is why His hand is strong enough to save you, just as a sleeping child is carried to bed by a father's strength and not her own.

The invitation is simple and hopeful: humble yourself under God's mighty hand and put your family, your future, your struggles, and your sin into His hand, trusting Him to bless, keep, remember, and save.