Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from April 25, “The One Who Holds Your Hand”
I was reading in the psalms earlier this week when a phrase got my attention. It’s from Psalm 37, which we studied late last year, but further down. In the New American Standard Bible, it reads this way.
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled down, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand. (Psalm 37:23-24)
I read this version all the time, so I must have seen that before, but I didn’t remember it that way. I remember the old chorus taken from the King James, which reads, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.”
The NASB made it more personal. The picture I have in my mind is of a small child being held by the hand, walking next to his father. I discovered that there are as many variations on these verses as there are translations, but they all stay true to the key concepts that are being communicated. Walk with God. Delight in Him and He will delight in you. You may trip and fall, but He will not let you hit the ground. He has hold of your hand.
