“FEBRUARY 8
“I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
Fear of falling is healthy. To be reckless is not a sign of wisdom. There are times when we feel that we will collapse unless we have a very special support.
Here we have it. God’s right hand is a grand thing to lean upon. Mind you, it is not only His hand, though it keeps heaven and earth in their places, but His right hand.
It is His power united with skill; His power where it is most dexterous.
And this is not all, for it is written, “I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
That hand which He uses to maintain His holiness and to execute His royal sentences– this will be stretched out to hold up His trusting ones.
Fearful is our danger, but joyful is our security. The man whom God upholds, devils cannot throw down.
Weak may be our feet, but almighty is God’s right hand. Rough may be the road, but Omnipotence is our upholding.
We may boldly go forward. We will not fall. Let us lean continually where all things lean.
God will not withdraw His strength, for His righteousness is there as well. He will be faithful to His promise, and faithful to His Son, and therefore faithful to us.
How happy we ought to be!
Are you happy today?”
–Charles H. Spurgeon, The Promises of God: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on the English Standard Version, Revised and Updated by Tim Chester (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019), “February 8.” Originally published in The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith: Being Precious Promises Arranged for Daily Use with Brief Comments (New York: American Tract Society, 1893), 39.
