Pointer Finger — At or To ???

I’ve been so very blessed this weekend to share the back seat of a car with one of my grandbabies. Noah and his “GaGa” squealed in delight as his one-year-old antics wrapped his Grammy around his tiny fingers

Pointer finger was up and center this weekend. With newly acquired adeptness, my little blessing would, over and over, maneuver his baby pointer to show his GaGa what he wanted me to notice, see and focus on. As I enjoyed our sharing, with wisdom God whispered: “little ones point TO; old ‘uns point AT. TO, not AT, is why the pointer finger was created…” And so, my thoughts wandered deep.

Mankind, be it our finger or our entire being, was created to point TO God. Humanity, however, most often points AT, indicating one who is judged wrong, not worthy or against a held belief. In pointing AT, we fail to point TO the God whose image we are meant to mirror. Pointing AT wrong blurs the revelation of pointing TO the goodness of God.

These past couple of days, as I bounced around the back seat of the car, I, also, tossed around the question: shouldn’t my pointer become more like a child’s, so I can fulfill what God directly created my second finger (and all of me) TO, first and foremost, manifest? When the inhabitants of the world point AT, the picture of Satan’s evil wages the war of discord and destruction. When a child of God points TO, the image of God’s righteousness reflects the peace of His divine intervention and harmony.

Lord, we live in a world of fingers pointing AT. Change us into Your unifying children whose hands and hearts point TO — TO You, our Lord and Savior.