HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS! (1 Samuel 2:9) It is a promise for the everyday walk of my life-- the walk of . . . the soldier who pushes on, whatever enemies hinder his march; the pilgrim from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City; the child of God in company with his Father, the human hand linked in the divine.~~ AM I ONE OF HIS SAINTS? It seems to me often too high a title to claim. But let me remember that everything depends on what my heart is fixed upon. The POET dreams about a masterpiece of music he is yet to write, and the ARTIST dreams about a surpassing picture he will paint one day, and the SCULPTOR dreams about a statue whose grandeur will draw all eyes. WHAT THEN, ARE MY DREAMS? Are they about one day being . . . completely liberated from sin, and changed into the image of Christ, and perfected in holiness? Then I am among the saints! AND HE WILL KEEP MY FREET. NOT FROM.... the Valley of Humiliation, or the Garden of Sorrow, or the Hill of Cross-bearing. NO-- BUT FROM . . . the temptation that ensnares me, the cliffs and precipices of sin, the delicate plain called Ease, the High Street of an overweening confidence in myself, the gloomy mountain-ravines of anxiety and despair. It is a welcome assurance indeed. NONE LESS THAN GOD HIMSELF, keeps these peril-beset feet of mine! He brings many protecting influences into play: His precious promises, His clear commandments, the perfect example of Jesus, the influence of those who fear His name, the inner grace of His Holy Spirit. Yes, yes; I walk safely--I walk at liberty--when the charge of my feet is with the all-loving, all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful redeemer-God! (Alexander Smellie, The Hour of Silence 1899)
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:44:22 +0000
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