The Restored Hand
Now put it back into your cloak, he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.
Exodus 4:7 (NIV)
God told Moses to put his hand back inside his cloak; drawing it out, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. Memory of reversal: the same hand leaving leprous returned healed. The God who wounds for signaling heals for confirming. Judgment and mercy fit one gesture. Signs arrive in pairs: warning and relief.
The hand at the bosom, near the heart, speaks of exposed interior. Sudden leprosy exposed hidden corruption; sudden restoration proved available grace. Memory examining: God shows what we are to offer what He is. Divine diagnosis precedes divine cure always. Confessed leprous hands become commissioned healthy hands.
Moses obeyed twice: put in and put back. Memory of repeated obedience. Signs demand gestures, never mere gazes. Whoever hides hands in cloaks by order discovers power in the same place. Obeying today's strange command releases tomorrow's miracle. Available hands carry signs.
Today, present your hand: the leprosy you hide, the sin you disguise, the wound you deny. Place it at the bosom before Him, draw it before men. Restored people witness with authority. Your healthy hand will sign to doubting pharaohs. Healing memory becomes hope ministry.
And show the hand: restored hands sign testimonies.