"HE Will Keep The Feet Of HIS Saints!"

These peril-beset feet of mine!

(Alexander Smellie, "The Hour of Silence" 1899)

"HE will keep the feet of HIS saints!"
1 Samuel 2:9

It is a promise for the everyday walk of my life--

the walk of . . .

  the soldier who pushes on, whatever enemies hinder his march;

  the pilgrim from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City;

  the child of GOD in company with his FATHER,

the human hand linked in the divine.

Am I one of HIS saints? It seems to me often

too high a title to claim. But let me remember that

everything depends on what my heart is fixed upon.

The poet dreams about a masterpiece of music

he is yet to write, and the artist dreams about

a surpassing picture he will paint one day,

and the sculptor dreams about a statue

whose grandeur will draw all eyes.

What then, are my dreams?

Are they about one day being . . .

  completely liberated from sin,

  and changed into the image of CHRIST,

  and perfected in holiness?

Then I am among the saints!

And HE will keep my feet. Not from . . .

  the Valley of Humiliation,

  or the Garden of Sorrow,

  or the Hill of Cross-bearing.

No--but from . . .

  the temptation that ensnares me,

  the cliffs and precipices of sin,

  "the delicate plain called Ease,"

  the High Street of an overweening confidence in myself,

  the gloomy mountain-ravines of anxiety and despair.

It is a welcome assurance indeed.

None less than GOD HIMSELF, keeps

these peril-beset feet of mine! 

HE brings many protecting influences into play:

  HIS precious promises,

  HIS clear commandments,

  the perfect example of JESUS,

  the influence of those who fear HIS name,

  the inner grace of HIS HOLY SPIRIT.

Yes, yes; I walk safely--

I walk at liberty--

when the charge of my feet is with 

the all-loving, all-knowing, all-wise, 

all-powerful Redeemer-GOD!

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