Our safety and security – Thomas Brooks

“Though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.” Psalm 37:24

The Hebrew particle notes a continued act of God. God has still His everlasting arms under His people, so that they shall never totally nor finally fall. The word signifies to sustain or uphold as the tender mother does the little babe. The safety and security of the child lies not so much in the child’s hanging about the mother’s neck as in the mother’s holding it fast in her arms. So our safety and security lies not so much in our weak holding upon Christ but in Christ’s holding of us fast in His everlasting arms!

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand.” John 10:28