EB 1:3{SA 119:116{Jesus is now "upholding all things by the word of His power." Shall we then not say, "Uphold me according to Thy word"? Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us use them. Let us turn them into prayers of faith. "Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not." (Did David add the whisper, "but nevertheless, of course, they will slip"?) "Hold Thou me up and I shall be safe." "When I said, My foot slippeth, Thy mercy, O Lord held me up" (not picked me up). Then comes the New Testament echo: "Yea, he shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand." But take "all the counsel of God," for this too is needed: "And thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear." Now, if these promises are worth the paper they are written on, ought we not to believe and accept and give thanks for them and go on our way rejoicing, claiming His upholding power not once for all, not for tomorrow, but always for the next step of the way?
Thou knowest not how I uphold the little thou dost scan;
And how much less canst thou unfold My universal plan,
Where all thy mind can grasp of space is but a grain of sand—
The time thy boldest thought can trace, one ripple on the strand!