JUST A REMINDER FROM THE PSALMS

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.” – Psalm 37:23,24

Many have found comfort in these verses throughout time and admittedly I have as well. It is a comfort to know that our loving Christ knows all about my steps and He sees the way I take. There is not a turn nor hill I walk that He hasn’t already gone ahead of me and is preparing the way for me and whatever it is going to take for me to crest the hill to get to the other side, that, to me seems way to steep and I am unsure if I have what it takes to get to the yonder side of the mountain, or when I am about to enter into a curve where I can’t see what is before me and it will require faith to take me around that turn where I will always find that Jesus has gone ahead and is waiting for me to come to Him in trust that He has ordered my steps…steps that if I will take them, delight will be found in the fact that as they have been ordered by the Lord, I can rest assured that regardless of what I face, I am secure in Christ in spite of what the enemy of the believer may have designed in the roads ahead in my journey of faith and hope – a design for failure, hurt, discouragement, falling, hopelessness and any other ugly outcome that we encounter day by day.

“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down…”. A reminder that first of all, we all have the potential of falling and sinning against God and disappointing ourselves and falling prey to Satan and his plans for us that, rest assured, are lurking around the next curve or at the base of the next mountain. BUT, Jesus is already there for He promises that “though”, (we will fall, we will doubt, we will sin, we will fear, etc.,), He will not allow us to be utterly cast down. No sir, not on HIs watch. “For the Lord upholdeth him with His Hand.” I am thankful it is His hand that I rest in, for I don’t trust my hand and He has proven time and time again that He is faithful. To that I can say “Amen”.

I don’t know what mountain you may be facing or what curve life may have thrown at you but let me remind you that Jesus has established your path and has ordered your steps and in faithful walk you can rest assured that Jesus holds you in His hand and will never drop you. Remember, Jesus promised, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck therm out of my Father’s’s hand.” (John 10:27-29). Those are some mighty big hands that hold and keep us. Just a reminder.

Until then,

Brother Glenn