It requires an omniscient eye
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It requires an omniscient eye, an omnipotent arm, and an ever-present friend!
"Preserve me, O God!" Psalm 16:1
Self-confident people are always in danger!
When Peter felt secure—he fell; and so have thousands beside. Let us always fear a fall—when we feel self-confidence working in our hearts. The wisest saints walk closest with the Lord, and fear to be left to themselves for one moment!
The man who trusts in himself, or in his circumstances, is a stranger to his own heart, and the many foes by which he is surrounded.
No one but God can preserve us—for it requires an omniscient eye, an omnipotent arm, and an ever-present friend to do so!
We need to be preserved every moment, and to be under Divine keeping night and day.
The holiest are liable to fall into sin,
the strongest are liable to be overcome by temptation,
and the most confident are liable to yield to unbelief.
May the Lord preserve us this day from . . .
the wiles of Satan,
the snares of the world,
the deceitfulness of our own hearts,
the influence of carnal professors, and
from falling from our own steadfastness!
Let this be our daily prayer, "Preserve me, O God!"
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