Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe. Psalm 119:117
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. Job 11:18
SA 119:117{OB 11:18{The path is not easy. There are rough stones over which we may stumble, if we are not walking very carefully. There are places which look quite smooth, but they are more dangerous than the rough ones, for they are slippery. How are we to walk safely along such a path? We want a strong, kind hand to hold us up, and to hold us always; a hand that will hold ours so tightly and lovingly, that it will be as the old Scotch-woman said, "Not my grip of Christ, but Christ's grip of me!" Yes, Christ's loving hand is "able to keep you from falling"; only let your hand be restfully in the hand of Jesus, and "then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble." But do not say, "Hold Thou me up," and stop there, or add, "But all the same, I shall stumble and fall!" Finish with the bright words of faith that He puts into your mouth, "Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe!" So you will, if you will trust Him to do just what you ask, and let Him hold you up.
We cannot see before us, but our all-seeing Friend
Is always watching o'er us, and knows the very end.
What though we seem to stumble, He will not let us fall;
And learning to be humble is not lost time at all.