DO YOU ASK THE LORD TO UPHOLD YOU DAILY? This should be the Christian's daily prayer; his way is rough, the dangers are many, his foes are deadly, and he is liable to fall. If we from the heart present this prayer, it proves that we have a sense of our own weakness, a knowledge of the Lord as our strength, genuine humility working within, and a desire to honour God ruling in the conscience. We are in the world and unless the Lord hold us up, we fall and bring guilt on the conscience, disgrace on the gospel, and dishonour to God. We are in the church and unless the Lord hold us up, we grow roots of bitterness, become stumbling-blocks, and grieve the Spirit. We shall be in affliction, and unless the Lord hold us up, we faint, become angry with God, like Jonah, or become hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. O believer, lean not on earth; trust not in man, place no dependence on your own ability; but let your daily, yea, hourly prayer be, "Be Thou my Vision, O Lord. Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe." The ear of thy God is open, the heart of thy God is tender, the arm of thy God is strong.

For Meditation:
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart -
Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day or by night -
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.