Nov. 10
WALK WITHOUT STUMBLING
"He will not suffer thy foot to be moved" Ps. 121:3
If the Lord will not suffer it, neither men nor devils can do it.
How greatly would they rejoice if they could give us a disgraceful
fall, drive us from our position, and bury us out of memory! They
could do this to their heart's content were it not for one hindrance,
and only one: the Lord will not suffer it; and if He does not suffer
it, we shall not suffer it.
The way of life is like traveling among the Alps. Along mountain
paths one is constantly exposed to the slipping of the foot. Where the
way is high the head is apt to swim, and then the feet soon slide:
there are spots which are smooth as glass, and others that are rough
with loose stones, and in either of these a fall is hard to avoid. He
who throughout life is enabled to keep himself upright and to walk
without stumbling has the best of reasons for gratitude. What with
pitfalls and snares, weak knees, weary feet, and subtle enemies, no
child of God would stand fast for an hour were it not for the faithful
love which will not suffer his foot to be moved. "Amidst a thousand
snares I stand Upheld and guarded by thy hand; That hand unseen shall
hold me still, And lead me to thy holy hill."
"Amidst a thousand snares I stand
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
That hand unseen shall hold me still,
And lead me to thy holy will."
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