Stumbling and God's hand

“Stalwart walks in step with God; his path blazed by God, he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand.” (Psalm 37:23, The Message)

Sometimes we are up and sometimes we are down. Sometimes we walk in righteousness and sometimes we falter. Yet, we get up when knocked down because the path to glory is all that we want, we treasure, we need. Nothing this world has to offer satisfies the longing, the craving, the driving hunger we have for God.

For without God we are empty. When we falter we sense, we know, in booming echoes the emptiness of our own heart. We are unsettled, we mourn, we grieve for we’ve grieved the eternal seed within.

We get up, reach out and our Heavenly Father is there. Our Heavenly Father knows our weakness, he knows that we are but dust. Yet, our Father will call Heaven and earth to our rescue when we look to him, when we reach out to him, when we trust in his loving kindness, mercy, and grace. When despite our feelings we believe in him. When we trust His Word. When we turn and walk His way.

‘Heavenly Father, help us when we stumble. Hear the prayer of our hearts and reach for us. Never let us stray so far that your grace and mercy cannot reach us.’