24. Though he fall. Disasters and reverses may
lay him low; he may, like Job, be stripped of everything; like Joseph, be put
in prison; like Jonah, be cast into the deep. He shall not be utterly cast down. He will be brought on his knees, but not on his face; or, if laid
prone for a moment he shall be up again ere long. No saint will fall finally or
fatally. Sorrow may bring us to the earth, and death may bring us to the grave,
but lower we cannot sink, and out of the lowest of all we shall arise to the
highest of all. For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. He does not leave his saints to mere delegated
agency; he affords personal assistance. Where grace does not keep us from going
down, it will save from keeping down. Job had double wealth at last, Joseph
reigned over Egypt, Jonah was safely landed. It is not that the saints are
strong, or wise, or meritorious, that therefore they rise after every fall, but
because God is their helper, and therefore none can prevail against them.
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