[Songs in the Night - May 24]
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. Psalm 37:23, 24
OUR text presupposes that in the class described
the human will has been transformed—that the divine
will has been accepted as instead of the human; and
that the child of God is seeking to walk in the ways of
righteousness, in which he has already started; and
the proper thought to be gathered is that thus seeking
to walk in the Lord's ways, God will not permit his
imperfections of judgment to work him any injury, but
will supervise his affairs; will overrule so that every
step he may take, although it be taken of his own
will, his own volition—his consecrated will, however—shall be overruled for his good; for his development
as a new creature in Christ.
If he shall err in judgment,
and bring upon himself the consequences of his
error, the Lord's wisdom and power are such that he
can fulfil all the provisions of this promise, and make
even his blunders and weaknesses to so react as to
strengthen his character and establish him in righteousness,
developing in him by these and other experiences
the fruits and graces of the Spirit, which
will eventually fit and prepare him for joint-heirship
in the kingdom. Z'03-70 R3156:6 (Hymn 145)