Hold me upóand I shall be safe!

Hold me up—and I shall be safe!

"Hold me up—and I shall be safe!" Psalm 119:117

None are so likely to fall, as the presumptuous and self-confident. Peter did not know his own weakness when he said, "Though I should die with You—yet I will never deny You!" How soon did he stumble, to his confusion and shame, and to the dishonor of his Lord and Master!

The Lord, in His rich mercy, lifted him up, healed his wounded spirit, and taught him henceforth to put no confidence in the flesh.

May I be preserved from vain confidence. Morning by morning may I rise, feeling my liability to stumble—but full of hope in the God of my life and the Father of all my mercies. Day by day, may I be helped to place my hand in the hand of my Heavenly Father, and to cry, "Hold me up—and I shall be safe!"

What a happiness it is to have One near us continually who is able to keep us from falling.

Whatever stones of stumbling may lie in our path, however precipitous the road may sometimes be, though abysses be on one side and quagmires on the other— if we walk hand in hand with God, we shall walk surely and peacefully . "Hold me up—and I shall be safe!"

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