Nothing but God's infinite mercy has held us up!

(Charles Simeon)  LISTEN to Audio!  Download Audio

"You have delivered . . .
  my soul from death,
  my eyes from tears,
  and my feet from falling!
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living!"
Psalm 116:8-9

What a miracle of mercy it is, if our feet are kept!

Consider with what innumerable snares and temptations we are beset on every side!

Consider what corruptions reign in our own hearts, ready to precipitate us into any evil!

Consider the deceitfulness of sin also—what pleasing and even innocent forms it will assume!

Consider also the malice and subtlety of our great adversary, who is going about continually as a roaring lion seeking to devour us!

Consider more particularly, how many holy people in the past have fallen into sin—a David, a Solomon, a Peter!

O have not we reason to adore our God, if our feet have been kept from falling. And more especially, when we reflect how near we have been to many grievous falls, when nothing but God's infinite mercy has held us up!

"This is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of all whom He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day!" John 6:39

"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand!" John 10:28-30

"The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory for ever and ever! Amen." 2 Timothy 4:18

"To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ!" Jude 1