Stumbling

July 30, 2007

Jud 1:24-25 YLT
(24) And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set you in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,
(25) to the only wise God our Saviour, is glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.


I have read so much about how we have to keep ourselves from sinning. At first glance this verse looks like the opposite. Take a closer look. It says that He who is able to guard you from not stumbling. It does not say that we will listen. Too often we want to sin because it feels good to us (for the short term at least).

Years ago when one of my children was little, he tried to get up and walk when his muscles were not quite ready to. I held his arms to keep him from stumbling. After a while he got tired of me holding his arms and pulled away, and of course he fell. It was nothing serious.

How often are we like that little child? God wants to hold our hands and lead us and guide us and all we want to do is pull away and go off in our own direction. God can guard us, but we will have to listen to Him. We have free will and can do whatever we want to do. Take time to listen as God speaks and do as He asks, or He might get quiet on you.

==Translation Information
Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible by J.N. Young, 1862, 1898 (Author of the Young's Analytical Concordance)