15. Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord. The writer looks in confidence, and waits in hope. We may add the
obedient look of service, the humble look of reverence, the admiring look of
wonder, the studious look of meditation, and the tender look of affection.
Happy are those whose eyes are never removed from their God. For he shallpluck my feet out of the net. Observe the conflicting condition in which a
gracious soul may be placed: his eyes are in heaven and yet his feet are
sometimes in a net, the common metaphor for temptation. The Lord often keeps
his people from falling into it, and if they have fallen he rescues them. The
word pluck is a rough word, and saints who have fallen into sin find
that the means of their restoration is not always easy; the Lord plucks at us
sharply to let us feel that sin is an exceeding bitter thing. But what a mercy
is here! Believer, be very grateful for it. The Lord will deliver us from the
cunning devices of our cruel enemy, and even if through infirmity we have
fallen into sin, he will not leave us to be utterly destroyed.
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