Underneath you are the everlasting arms of God
Just as Abraham had blessed the sons of Israel before he died (Genesis 49), so too does Moses (Deuteronomy 33). In the blessing of Asher we hear, ‘The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms’ (Deut 33:27).
The great 19th Century preacher, Charles Spurgeon, was attending a graveside funeral, and after the coffin was lowered, he heard the minister pray: "Lord, we thank You that though our dear friend has come so low as to be in his grave, he cannot go any lower, for, 'underneath are the everlasting arms,' and in due time You will bring him up again, in those everlasting arms, raised in the likeness of his Lord.”
Hollywood thrillers and horror movies just touch the surface when they play on our fears with what might be lurking underneath the earth and beneath the mirrored waters. Even the thought of what might be lurking under the bed can bring chills of dread to any young child or skittish adult. But the true threat that “lurks beneath” is far more dangerous. The powers of darkness approach us from “underneath,” as it were. So this blessing is not just a cozy thought, but rather the bestowal of God’s own everlasting arms underneath: lifting you up when sin, death and the devil want to drag you down.
When, in faith, we capitalize on this theme of “underneath-ness” and transform it into God’s “Underneath-ness:” what comfort and assuredness will be ours! Satan might be underhanded in all his works and ways, but it’s God, in Christ Jesus, who has His powerful arms to save already underneath you. So, the only way Satan may succeed, is if God’s arms were never underneath you in the first place (making Him out to be a liar), or if you yourself have since wrested them away from underneath you (unbelief and unrepentance).