The Path of Life
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. — Psalms 121:3
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — John 10:28
Author
Charles Spurgeon
Summary: The path of life is full of dangers: we may grow dizzy at great heights, slip on smooth ground, or stumble over loose stones. Added to these are our weak strength and enemies who want to see us fall. We could not stand firm on our own for even an hour. If we keep walking without stumbling, we have reason to thank the Lord: his faithful love keeps our feet from slipping. Neither people nor demons can bring us down unless he allows it; what the Lord does not permit, we will not have to suffer.
If the Lord will not allow it, neither men nor demons could do it. How greatly they would rejoice if they could bring us to an ignominious fall, cast us from our position, and banish us from memory! They would do this to their hearts’ delight were it not for one obstacle, and only one: the Lord will not allow it; and if He will not permit it, we will not have to suffer it.
The path of life is like a journey through the Alps. Along the mountain paths, one is constantly at risk of slipping. Where the path is high, the mind is prone to dizziness, and then the foot soon slips: some stretches are as smooth as glass, while others are steep and strewn with loose stones, and on either kind a fall is hard to avoid. Whoever is given the ability throughout life to remain upright and walk without stumbling has the best of reasons to be grateful. With obstacles and traps, weak knees, weary feet, and subtle enemies, no child of God could stand firm for an hour were it not for the faithful love that will not let their foot slip.
Source: The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith. Translated by Allan Roman.
http://www.spurgeon.com.mx/chequera/meditames/noviembre.pdf