Many of the famous sayings we use, find their origin from the Bible.
The phrase "The handwriting is on the wall" comes from this story;
Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. - Daniel 5:5
Check that story out. In that chapter we learn that men who are in positions of authority are literally placed there by God.
"He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes. - Daniel 5:21
We also are reminded that our very breath comes from God and thus our lives are in His hands.
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored. - Daniel 5:23
King Belshazzar learned all this. The hard way.
That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. - Daniel 5:30
Put your trust in God. He's in charge. He is the God in whose hand is your breath.
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