Psalms 37:23-24

Psalms 37:23

I. The first truth of the text is that God orders, arranges, establishes, the details of His children's lives.

II. God is pleased with him who thus lets his steps be ordered.

III. The Psalmist recognises infirmity as an element of the good man's walk. There is a possibility of his falling, which the text provides for: "The Lord upholdeth him with His hand."

IV. From these truths we conclude: (1) If God has ordained a way for men to walk in, it is the height of folly to walk in any other way. (2) If God orders our ways, step by step, it becomes us to take heed to the details of our lives. (3) If God orders each detail of our lives, ought we not to get great and solid comfort from the fact? (4) It becomes us to fall in with God's order, and to attach to the separate steps the same importance that He does.

M. R. Vincent, God and Bread,p. 07.

References: Psalms 37:24. S. Martin, Westminster Chapel Pulpit,3rd series, No. 15.Psalms 37:31. Homiletic Quarterly,vol. iii., p. 261.Psalms 37:32. H. Thompson, Concionalia: Outlines for Parochial Use,2nd series, p. 500.