Deuteronomy 33:27: “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”
As I read Deuteronomy 33, I recalled an old song written by Ada Habershon, ” when I fear my faith will fail, Christ will hold me fast; when the tempter would prevail, He can hold me fast”.
A woman facing troubling circumstances came to her pastor and said, ” I’m very much afraid I might fall”. And the pastor replied, “Well, why don’t you do it?” But “Preacher, she protested, “where would I fall to?” “You would fall into the everlasting arms of God” he replied. ” His everlasting arms are underneath His children. And you know, I believe that if you fall down upon those everlasting arms, it is sure and certain that you will never fall through them”.
The believer can rest in the unfailing strength of the Omnipotent Father. God bolster this assurance in Isaiah 41:10 when He says, “I am with you”. “I will strengthen you”. ” I will help you”. ” I will uphold you with My righteous right hand”. And in John 17:11 we read this prayer of our Lord: “Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me”.
His request will not be thwarted because our Savior has given every believer into the keeping, safeguarding power of the Father. Even when we stumble, we fall into the everlasting arms of His grace.
The promise of God’s Omnipotent comforts and encourages the Christian. Scottish preacer Thomas Chalmers wrote long ago, “When I walk by the wayside, God is along with me. When I enter into the company amid all my forgetfulness of Him, He never forsake me. In the silent watches of the night, when my eyelids are closed and my spirit has sunk into unconsciousness, the observant eye of Him who never slumbers is upon me.
I cannot flee His presence, go where I will. He leads me and watches me and cares for me”. We can rest in the assurance that the unseen God is always near. Wherever we go, He walks with us to lead us, assist us, comfort us and bless us.
When We Get To The Place Where There’s Nothing Left But God, We Find That God Is All We Need.
