Unless the full grace of God has its place in the souls of Christians, they never can walk with God in the power of that grace. If the least thing of self comes in, it is all over with the joy and liberty in which free grace enables a believer to walk. If grace be the groundwork, it does not give way; if I have failed (whatever may be the character of my failure), the light in which it comes out to be judged, gives my soul a fresh start to go on again with God. It is a solemn question whether I am holding fast to free grace.
You may be saying, "Ah! I shall never get through this week without a fall or a spot on my garments"; but rather say, "Let me not talk of my difficulties; there is One up there going before them all, One who sees Satan, the world, and myself, and meets all for me. He can bring me through to the end of this week, as He did through the last. He ever lives; is He not competent to give me a fresh start onward, and fresh strength? And if I am not able to walk, He goes before to move difficulties out of the way. Yes, He is just the One for me to lean on through this week."