March 21

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

AVOID THAT SLIP

   "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
   stumble" Prov. 3:23

   That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall
   be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the highway is
   under some protection. There is a way for every man, namely, his own
   proper calling in life, and if we devoutly walk therein in the fear of
   God He will preserve US from evil. We may not travel luxuriously, but
   we shall walk safely. We may not be able to run like young men, but we
   shall be able to walk like good men.

   Our greatest danger lies in ourselves: our feeble foot is so sadly apt
   to stumble. Let us ask for more moral strength that our tendency to
   slip may be overcome. Some stumble because they do not see the stone in
   the way: divine grace enables us to perceive sin, and so to avoid it.
   Let us plead this promise, and trust in Him who upholds His chosen.

   Alas! our worst peril is our own carelessness, but against this the
   Lord Jesus has put us on our guard, saying, "Watch and pray."

   Oh for grace to walk this day without a single stumble! It is not
   enough that we do not actually fall; our cry should be that we may not
   make the smallest slip with our feet, but may at the last adore Him
   "who is able to keep us from stumbling."