TRAVELERS over mountains often come to very dangerous places in their oath. It was so in the case of a traveler I am going to tell you of. There are mountains called “The Alps” in Switzerland, and one day a traveler with his guide came to a very narrow and dangerous place. The guide, holding on to the rock with one hand, extended his other hand over the fearful precipice, and told the traveler to step on it and pass around the projecting rock. He did not like to do it, for he was afraid that the hand would not be able to bear his weight, but the guide said, “That hand never lost a man yet.” At last he stepped on the hand and passed on safely.
Every little one who loves the Lord Jesus, is like this traveler. You are passing through a most dangerous scene, and you cannot get on without a guide who knows every step you are to take. The Lord Jesus is your guide, and how safe we are when we trust that unfailing Hand. Who that has ever trusted Him has been disappointed? He stretches out His hand for our help and deliverance. His hand supports us in the midst of every danger. And not only does His hand support us day by day as we go through this scene, be He holds us safe for eternity. He has said in John 10, “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 pluck them out of My hand;” etc. “THAT HAND HAS NEVER LOST A MAN YET.” How safe the little one is who trusts in Jesus alone for his salvation. No power of the wicked one can take you from Him. Its holds you with His almighty hand, and defies the power of the wicked one to touch you. David took a little lamb out of the mouth of a lion, and slew the lion, so that the lion’s power was destroyed and the little lamb was safe. And so the blessed Lord Jesus has delivered all who believe on Him as their Saviour, from the power of the devil, and they are saved for eternity. We have every reason to rejoice when we are in the hand of One who has “NEVER LOST A MAN YET.”
ML 08/23/1903