HOLD THOU ME UP, AND I SHALL BE SAFE.

July 23

Psalms 119:117 

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and 

I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. 

This should be the Christian’s daily prayer; his way is rough, the dangers are many, his foes are powerful, and he is the liable to fall.

If we from the heart present this prayer, it proves that we have a sense of our own weakness;

a knowledge of the Lord as our strength;

genuine humility working within and a desire to honour God ruling in the conscience.

We are in the world, and unless the Lord hold us up, we shall bring guilt on the conscience, disgrace on the gospel, and dishonour to God.

We are in the church, and unless the Lord holds us up, we shall prove roots of bitterness, stumbling- blocks, and grieve the godly.

We shall be, if we are not, in affliction, and unless the Lord holds us up, we shall faint, be angry with God, as well as Jonah, or be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

O believer, lean not on the earth; trust not in a friend; place no dependence on gifts; but let your daily, yea, hourly prayer be, “HOLD THOU ME UP, AND I SHALL BE SAFE.“

The ear of thy God is open, the heart of thy God is tender, the arm of thy God is strong.

Live out of self upon God, if you would be safe.

Son of God! Thy blessing grant;

Still supply my every want;

Unsustain’d by Thee, I fall;

Send the strength for which I call;

Weaker than a bruised reed,

Help I every moment need.

James Smith