Vigilance on the Road: Protecting Our Holiness

Vigilance on the Road: Protecting Our Holiness | Devotional By Charles H. Spurgeon

I will guard my ways. (Psalm 39:1)

Fellow pilgrim, do not say in your heart, “I will go here and there, and I will not sin,” for you are never so far out of danger of sinning as to boast of security.

The road is very muddy; it will be hard to pick your path so as not to soil your garments. This is a world of filth. You will need to always be watching and careful if you are to keep your hands clean.

There is a robber at every turn of the road to rob you of your jewels! There is a temptation in every mercy! There is a snare in every joy! If you ever reach heaven at last, it will be a miracle of divine grace, ascribed entirely to your Father’s power. Be on your guard!

When a man carries gunpowder in his hand, he should be careful that he does not go near a candle. You too must take care that you do not enter into temptation. Even your common actions are sharp-edged tools; you must be careful how you handle them. There is nothing in this world to promote a Christian’s piety, but everything to destroy it.

How desirous you should be to look up to God so that He may keep you! Your prayer should be, Uphold me that I may be safe (Psalm 119:117). Having prayed, you must also watch, guarding every thought, word, and action with holy jealousy.

Do not expose yourselves to evil unnecessarily, but if you are exposed to it, if you are told to go where the darts are flying, never venture forth without your shield!

If the devil finds you without your shield even once, he will rejoice that his hour of triumph is come, and he will soon wound you by his arrows! Though you cannot be slain, you can be wounded.

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).

Danger may find you in an hour when all seems most secure to you. Therefore, take heed to your ways, and watch unto prayer. No one ever fell into sin by being too watchful. May the Holy Spirit guide us in all our ways so that our ways always please the Lord!

How desirous you should be to look up to God so that He may keep you! Your prayer should be, Uphold me that I may be safe (Psalm 119:117). Having prayed, you must also watch, guarding every thought, word, and action with holy jealousy.

Do not expose yourselves to evil unnecessarily, but if you are exposed to it, if you are told to go where the darts are flying, never venture forth without your shield!

If the devil finds you without your shield even once, he will rejoice that his hour of triumph is come, and he will soon wound you by his arrows! Though you cannot be slain, you can be wounded.

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).

Danger may find you in an hour when all seems most secure to you. Therefore, take heed to your ways, and watch unto prayer. No one ever fell into sin by being too watchful. May the Holy Spirit guide us in all our ways so that our ways always please the Lord!